E-learning in the dermatological education at the Charité: evaluation of the last three years.

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BACKGROUND:
Numerous e-learning initiatives have been launched during the last decade. Many of them have not been continued, due to lack of acceptance on the part of the students, low quality or insufficient financial funding. Since 2002, the DEJAVU project has been integrated into the curriculum at the Department of Dermatology at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin. DEJAVU offers an online archive of recorded lectures, lecture hand outs, structured learning modules, and case reports as well as online information about the courses/classes.

METHODS:
Since beginning of the summer semester 2005, the student's acceptance and utilization of the online offerings was regularly surveyed, using anonymous questionnaires handed out together with the final exams. The teaching staff's opinions about e-learning were surveyed by means of a single anonymous questionnaire.

RESULTS:
At the end of winter semester 2006/2007, 93.5% of the students were aware of the existence of the e-learning program. The average amount of time spent with the program was 14.7 hours over the course of one semester. 66.8% of the students considered the program as very useful for their dermatology training. The lecture notes were the most frequently used online resource. Among the teaching staff, 86% considered e-learning a useful addition to traditional teaching.

CONCLUSIONS:
Our results show that e-learning is very well accepted by our students. It offers an additional way of acquiring knowledge and should be used to complement traditional ways of teaching.

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Author information

Author/s: Lüdert, Tilman (T); Nast, Alexander (A); Zielke, Hendrik (H); Sterry, Wolfram (W); Rzany, Berthold (B);

Affiliation: Division of Evidence Based Medicine in Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Venerology, and Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG (J Dtsch Dermatol Ges), published in Germany. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Jun; vol 6 (issue 6) : pp 467-72

Dates: Created 2008/05/22; Completed 2008/06/20;

PMID: 18400021, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Attitude of Health Personnel
Computer-Assisted Instruction - methods; statistics & numerical data
Dermatology - education; statistics & numerical data

Educational Measurement
Germany
Internet - statistics & numerical data

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