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Implementation of a virtual international cardiology curriculum to address the deficit of cardiovascular education in Haiti: a pilot study

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, conferring a disparate burden on low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Haiti represents a resource-constrained setting, limited by a paucity of resources and trained cardiovascular profes...

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Autores principales: Haynes, Norrisa Adrianna, Saint-Joy, Veauthyelau, Swain, JaBaris, Ezekwesili, Agnes, Vernet, Fritz Verly, Dawson, Calixte, Laneau, Davidson, Tierney, Ann, Shea, Judy A, Ambrose, Marietta S
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8217944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34155081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048690
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author Haynes, Norrisa Adrianna
Saint-Joy, Veauthyelau
Swain, JaBaris
Ezekwesili, Agnes
Vernet, Fritz Verly
Dawson, Calixte
Laneau, Davidson
Tierney, Ann
Shea, Judy A
Ambrose, Marietta S
author_facet Haynes, Norrisa Adrianna
Saint-Joy, Veauthyelau
Swain, JaBaris
Ezekwesili, Agnes
Vernet, Fritz Verly
Dawson, Calixte
Laneau, Davidson
Tierney, Ann
Shea, Judy A
Ambrose, Marietta S
author_sort Haynes, Norrisa Adrianna
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description BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, conferring a disparate burden on low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Haiti represents a resource-constrained setting, limited by a paucity of resources and trained cardiovascular professionals equipped to address the increasing burden of CVD. OBJECTIVE: Here, we describe the creation of a comprehensive cardiology curriculum delivered through a virtual classroom. The curriculum was created to augment cardiovascular education in LMICs such as Haiti. METHODS: Over one academic year (May 2019–2020), International Cardiology Curriculum Accessible by Remote Distance Learning-Haiti consisted of biweekly, live-streamed, synchronous didactic lectures, seminars and case presentations broadcasted to 16 internal medicine (IM) residents at Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais, one of only four IM training programmes in Haiti. The virtual classroom was created using commercially available videoconferencing and data-sharing platforms. Prelecture and postlecture surveys and an end of the year survey were administered to assess the impact of the curriculum. RESULTS: Participant performance analysis revealed that 80% of the curriculum demonstrated a positive trend in knowledge acquisition postintervention. Based on the end of the year evaluation, 94% of participants reported that the curriculum was educational and relevant to medical practice in Haiti and 100% reported that the curriculum was good to excellent. Additionally, the curriculum was cited as an effective means of maintaining trainee education during the COVID-19 pandemic. CONCLUSION: This international medical education pilot study demonstrates the feasibility of augmenting cardiology education in LMICs by creating a virtual curriculum made possible by local partnerships, internet access and technology.
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spelling pubmed-82179442021-07-09 Implementation of a virtual international cardiology curriculum to address the deficit of cardiovascular education in Haiti: a pilot study Haynes, Norrisa Adrianna Saint-Joy, Veauthyelau Swain, JaBaris Ezekwesili, Agnes Vernet, Fritz Verly Dawson, Calixte Laneau, Davidson Tierney, Ann Shea, Judy A Ambrose, Marietta S BMJ Open Cardiovascular Medicine BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, conferring a disparate burden on low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Haiti represents a resource-constrained setting, limited by a paucity of resources and trained cardiovascular professionals equipped to address the increasing burden of CVD. OBJECTIVE: Here, we describe the creation of a comprehensive cardiology curriculum delivered through a virtual classroom. The curriculum was created to augment cardiovascular education in LMICs such as Haiti. METHODS: Over one academic year (May 2019–2020), International Cardiology Curriculum Accessible by Remote Distance Learning-Haiti consisted of biweekly, live-streamed, synchronous didactic lectures, seminars and case presentations broadcasted to 16 internal medicine (IM) residents at Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais, one of only four IM training programmes in Haiti. The virtual classroom was created using commercially available videoconferencing and data-sharing platforms. Prelecture and postlecture surveys and an end of the year survey were administered to assess the impact of the curriculum. RESULTS: Participant performance analysis revealed that 80% of the curriculum demonstrated a positive trend in knowledge acquisition postintervention. Based on the end of the year evaluation, 94% of participants reported that the curriculum was educational and relevant to medical practice in Haiti and 100% reported that the curriculum was good to excellent. Additionally, the curriculum was cited as an effective means of maintaining trainee education during the COVID-19 pandemic. CONCLUSION: This international medical education pilot study demonstrates the feasibility of augmenting cardiology education in LMICs by creating a virtual curriculum made possible by local partnerships, internet access and technology. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8217944/ /pubmed/34155081 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048690 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Cardiovascular Medicine
Haynes, Norrisa Adrianna
Saint-Joy, Veauthyelau
Swain, JaBaris
Ezekwesili, Agnes
Vernet, Fritz Verly
Dawson, Calixte
Laneau, Davidson
Tierney, Ann
Shea, Judy A
Ambrose, Marietta S
Implementation of a virtual international cardiology curriculum to address the deficit of cardiovascular education in Haiti: a pilot study
title Implementation of a virtual international cardiology curriculum to address the deficit of cardiovascular education in Haiti: a pilot study
title_full Implementation of a virtual international cardiology curriculum to address the deficit of cardiovascular education in Haiti: a pilot study
title_fullStr Implementation of a virtual international cardiology curriculum to address the deficit of cardiovascular education in Haiti: a pilot study
title_full_unstemmed Implementation of a virtual international cardiology curriculum to address the deficit of cardiovascular education in Haiti: a pilot study
title_short Implementation of a virtual international cardiology curriculum to address the deficit of cardiovascular education in Haiti: a pilot study
title_sort implementation of a virtual international cardiology curriculum to address the deficit of cardiovascular education in haiti: a pilot study
topic Cardiovascular Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8217944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34155081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048690
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