BACKGROUND: Medical Faculties Network (MEFANET) has established itself as the authority for setting standards for medical educators in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, 2 independent countries with similar languages that once comprised a federation and that still retain the same curricular structure for medical education. One of the basic goals of the network is to advance medical teaching and learning with the use of modern information and communication technologies. OBJECTIVE: We present the education portal AKUTNE.CZ as an important part of the MEFANET's content. Our focus is primarily on simulation-based tools for teaching and learning acute medicine issues. METHODS: Three fundamental elements of the MEFANET e-publishing system are described: (1) medical disciplines linker, (2) authentication/authorization framework, and (3) multidimensional quality assessment. A new set of tools for technology-enhanced learning have been introduced recently: Sandbox (works in progress), WikiLectures (collaborative content authoring), Moodle-MEFANET (central learning management system), and Serious Games (virtual casuistics and interactive algorithms). The latest development in MEFANET is designed for indexing metadata about simulation-based learning objects, also known as electronic virtual patients or virtual clinical cases. The simulations assume the form of interactive algorithms for teaching and learning acute medicine. An anonymous questionnaire of 10 items was used to explore students' attitudes and interests in using the interactive algorithms as part of their medical or health care studies. Data collection was conducted over 10 days in February 2013. RESULTS: In total, 25 interactive algorithms in the Czech and English languages have been developed and published on the AKUTNE.CZ education portal to allow the users to test and improve their knowledge and skills in the field of acute medicine. In the feedback survey, 62 participants completed the online questionnaire (13.5%) from the total 460 addressed. Positive attitudes toward the interactive algorithms outnumbered negative trends. CONCLUSIONS: The peer-reviewed algorithms were used for conducting problem-based learning sessions in general medicine (first aid, anesthesiology and pain management, emergency medicine) and in nursing (emergency medicine for midwives, obstetric analgesia, and anesthesia for midwifes). The feedback from the survey suggests that the students found the interactive algorithms as effective learning tools, facilitating enhanced knowledge in the field of acute medicine. The interactive algorithms, as a software platform, are open to academic use worldwide. The existing algorithms, in the form of simulation-based learning objects, can be incorporated into any educational website (subject to the approval of the authors).
This paper describes the interactive tools of the AKUTNE.CZ (part of MEFANET) and SEPSIS-Q portals for Problem Based Learning (PBL) sessions in medical education. The portals aim to be a comprehensive source of information and educational materials, covering all aspects of acute medicine for undergraduate medical students and health professionals. Our focus is mainly on simulation-based tools for teaching and learning algorithms in acute patient care, the backbone of the AKUTNE.CZ and SEPSIS-Q portals. Over the last five years, more than 30 interactive algorithms in the Czech and English languages (http:// www.akutne.eu) have been devel¨oped and published online, allowing users to test and improve their knowledge and skills in the field of acute medicine. Additionally, we have created six SEPSIS-Q interactive scenarios in the Czech version. The peerreviewed algorithms were used for conducting PBL-like sessions in General Medicine (First Aid, Anaesthesiology and Pain Management, Emergency Medicine) and in Nursing (Obstetric Analgesia and Anaesthesia for Midwives, Intensive Care Medicine). The interactive scenarios serve to demonstrate interesting cases, with preference for Intensive Care Medicine sessions in General Medicine and Nursing.
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- algoritmy MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- počítačem řízená výuka metody MeSH
- problémově orientovaná výuka * metody trendy MeSH
- sepse * diagnóza terapie MeSH
- studium lékařství pregraduální metody MeSH
- studium ošetřovatelství bakalářské metody MeSH
- urgentní lékařství metody přístrojové vybavení výchova MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
