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Auflistung nach Autor:in "Wootton, Richard"

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  • Konferenzbeitrag
    Evaluation of E-Learning Practices in Undergraduate Medical Education: Results of a Survey in Sri Lanka
    (European Conference on eHealth 2007, 2007) Edirippulige, Sisira; Marasinghe, Rohana B.; Smith, Anthony C; Fujisawa, Yoshikazu; Herath, Walisundara B; Jiffry, M T M; Wootton, Richard
    Objective: The present study investigates the knowledge, perceptions and the utilisation of e-learning modalities in medical education by the students in Sri Lanka. We also examined the potential barriers which may prevent the uptake of e-learning strategies in health and medical education. Methods: A questionnaire focusing on the knowledge, attitudes and expectations of medical students towards e-learning was distributed to all final year medical students (n=136) at the Faculty of Medicine, Sri Jayewardenepura University, Sri Lanka. The survey was conducted during their regular lectures and completed questionnaires were collected after their classes. Findings: 100 surveys (74%) were completed and returned. Nearly half of the respondents (43%) admitted that they were familiar with the term e-learning. Only 19% of respondents stated that they had used e-learning modalities for educational purposes. The majority of respondents said that they had not used web-based learning material or multimedia resources for medical education. However, more than half of (56%) respondents agreed that e-learning modalities would be useful tools in medical education and 49% said that e-learning must be expanded in medical education. Conclusions: Despite the majority of respondents believed that e-learning modalities can be a useful tool to address some of the problems in medical education in developing countries, a lack of technology and learning opportunities have restricted the potential benefits.
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    Mobile telemedicine: robots, fish and other stories...
    (European Conference on eHealth 2007, 2007) Armfield, Nigel R.; Bensink, Mark; Smith, Anthony C.; Donovan, Tim; Wootton, Richard
    In Queensland, access to specialist and sub-specialist paediatric care outside of major metropolitan centres is very limited. We describe our approach to the design and development of two mobile telemedicine systems designed for delivering paediatric and neonatal care at a distance. We comment on our experience with the systems and issues relating to their successful implementation.