El Campus Virtual de Salud Pública de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud como estrategia de cooperación técnica

The Virtual Campus for Public Health (VCPH) is the educational platform of the Pan American Health Organization, conceived as a tool for technical cooperation. The objectives of this article are to: characterize the training offered at the VCPH, identifying its virtual courses; characterize course p...

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Autores principales: Listovsky, Gabriel Marcelo, Duré, María Isabel, Rodríguez, Gabriela Lorena, León, Carlos, De Gracia Tejada, Edgardo, Díaz, Johel, Zidi, Imane, Fitzgerald, James
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Publicado: Organización Panamericana de la Salud 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9553016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36245907
http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.133
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author Listovsky, Gabriel Marcelo
Duré, María Isabel
Rodríguez, Gabriela Lorena
León, Carlos
De Gracia Tejada, Edgardo
Díaz, Johel
Zidi, Imane
Fitzgerald, James
author_facet Listovsky, Gabriel Marcelo
Duré, María Isabel
Rodríguez, Gabriela Lorena
León, Carlos
De Gracia Tejada, Edgardo
Díaz, Johel
Zidi, Imane
Fitzgerald, James
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description The Virtual Campus for Public Health (VCPH) is the educational platform of the Pan American Health Organization, conceived as a tool for technical cooperation. The objectives of this article are to: characterize the training offered at the VCPH, identifying its virtual courses; characterize course participants; describe technological updating processes and the advances made in terms of accessibility; and identify the VCPH's relationship with the main lines of cooperation of the Pan American Health Organization. The VCPH has developed 210 tutored courses and 226 self-learning courses since 2007, related to the Organization’s policies. Heterogeneous use of the campus was observed in the different areas of cooperation. The number of self-learning courses conducted during the pandemic surpassed the total figure accumulated in previous years. Participants are mainly from Latin America; 67.5% are women between 26 and 45 years of age; 57.1% have a university education, mainly in nursing or medicine; half of them work in hospitals and 35.8% at the first level of care. More than 90% of the participants had a favorable opinion of the topics addressed, the learning resources offered, and the characteristics of the virtual classroom. Among difficulties, they indicated little available time and poor internet access; among advantages, they emphasized independent schedules and access to various sources of information. The available assessment tools are not sufficient to determine the impact of VCPH educational programs. The challenges are to deepen the accessibility and quality of education offered, strengthen links with areas of cooperation, and improve course evaluations and knowledge about VCPH users.
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spelling pubmed-95530162022-10-13 El Campus Virtual de Salud Pública de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud como estrategia de cooperación técnica Listovsky, Gabriel Marcelo Duré, María Isabel Rodríguez, Gabriela Lorena León, Carlos De Gracia Tejada, Edgardo Díaz, Johel Zidi, Imane Fitzgerald, James Rev Panam Salud Publica Informe Especial The Virtual Campus for Public Health (VCPH) is the educational platform of the Pan American Health Organization, conceived as a tool for technical cooperation. The objectives of this article are to: characterize the training offered at the VCPH, identifying its virtual courses; characterize course participants; describe technological updating processes and the advances made in terms of accessibility; and identify the VCPH's relationship with the main lines of cooperation of the Pan American Health Organization. The VCPH has developed 210 tutored courses and 226 self-learning courses since 2007, related to the Organization’s policies. Heterogeneous use of the campus was observed in the different areas of cooperation. The number of self-learning courses conducted during the pandemic surpassed the total figure accumulated in previous years. Participants are mainly from Latin America; 67.5% are women between 26 and 45 years of age; 57.1% have a university education, mainly in nursing or medicine; half of them work in hospitals and 35.8% at the first level of care. More than 90% of the participants had a favorable opinion of the topics addressed, the learning resources offered, and the characteristics of the virtual classroom. Among difficulties, they indicated little available time and poor internet access; among advantages, they emphasized independent schedules and access to various sources of information. The available assessment tools are not sufficient to determine the impact of VCPH educational programs. The challenges are to deepen the accessibility and quality of education offered, strengthen links with areas of cooperation, and improve course evaluations and knowledge about VCPH users. Organización Panamericana de la Salud 2022-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9553016/ /pubmed/36245907 http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.133 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/Este es un artículo de acceso abierto distribuido bajo los términos de la licencia Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO, que permite su uso, distribución y reproducción en cualquier medio, siempre que el trabajo original se cite de la manera adecuada. No se permiten modificaciones a los artículos ni su uso comercial. Al reproducir un artículo no debe haber ningún indicio de que la OPS o el artículo avalan a una organización o un producto específico. El uso del logo de la OPS no está permitido. Esta leyenda debe conservarse, junto con la URL original del artículo. Crédito del logo y texto open access: PLoS, bajo licencia Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported.
spellingShingle Informe Especial
Listovsky, Gabriel Marcelo
Duré, María Isabel
Rodríguez, Gabriela Lorena
León, Carlos
De Gracia Tejada, Edgardo
Díaz, Johel
Zidi, Imane
Fitzgerald, James
El Campus Virtual de Salud Pública de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud como estrategia de cooperación técnica
title El Campus Virtual de Salud Pública de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud como estrategia de cooperación técnica
title_full El Campus Virtual de Salud Pública de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud como estrategia de cooperación técnica
title_fullStr El Campus Virtual de Salud Pública de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud como estrategia de cooperación técnica
title_full_unstemmed El Campus Virtual de Salud Pública de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud como estrategia de cooperación técnica
title_short El Campus Virtual de Salud Pública de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud como estrategia de cooperación técnica
title_sort el campus virtual de salud pública de la organización panamericana de la salud como estrategia de cooperación técnica
topic Informe Especial
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9553016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36245907
http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.133
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