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The Promise of E-Platform Technology in Medical Education
Increasing the number as well as improving the capacity and quality of medical professionals to achieve an equitable health care for all is a global priority and a global challenge. In developing countries, which are facing the largest burden of disease, to achieve the above stated objective, there...
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Research and Publications Office of Jimma University
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4864346/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27222630 |
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description | Increasing the number as well as improving the capacity and quality of medical professionals to achieve an equitable health care for all is a global priority and a global challenge. In developing countries, which are facing the largest burden of disease, to achieve the above stated objective, there is a big need for more well-trained, competent and dedicated health care providers. Currently, there is a well-documented shortage of trained health workers globally, with the poorest countries having the greatest shortfalls. The time tested, traditional approach of training health care force by importing professionals from overseas is not only prohibitively expensive but also not sufficient to achieve the scale and pace of the required human capacity building. Considering this fact, distance learning programs, which include m-Health as well as other information technology (IT) platforms and tools, can provide unique, timely, cost-effective, easily scalable and valuable opportunities to expand access to training health care manpower in developing countries where the shortage is critical. |
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spelling | pubmed-48643462016-05-24 The Promise of E-Platform Technology in Medical Education Dawd, Siraj Ethiop J Health Sci Review Increasing the number as well as improving the capacity and quality of medical professionals to achieve an equitable health care for all is a global priority and a global challenge. In developing countries, which are facing the largest burden of disease, to achieve the above stated objective, there is a big need for more well-trained, competent and dedicated health care providers. Currently, there is a well-documented shortage of trained health workers globally, with the poorest countries having the greatest shortfalls. The time tested, traditional approach of training health care force by importing professionals from overseas is not only prohibitively expensive but also not sufficient to achieve the scale and pace of the required human capacity building. Considering this fact, distance learning programs, which include m-Health as well as other information technology (IT) platforms and tools, can provide unique, timely, cost-effective, easily scalable and valuable opportunities to expand access to training health care manpower in developing countries where the shortage is critical. Research and Publications Office of Jimma University 2016-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4864346/ /pubmed/27222630 Text en Copyright © Jimma University, Research & Publications Office 2016 |
spellingShingle | Review Dawd, Siraj The Promise of E-Platform Technology in Medical Education |
title | The Promise of E-Platform Technology in Medical Education |
title_full | The Promise of E-Platform Technology in Medical Education |
title_fullStr | The Promise of E-Platform Technology in Medical Education |
title_full_unstemmed | The Promise of E-Platform Technology in Medical Education |
title_short | The Promise of E-Platform Technology in Medical Education |
title_sort | promise of e-platform technology in medical education |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4864346/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27222630 |
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