MOOCs for Medical Education

An Indian Perspective

Presented By: Saurav Gupta, DK Jain

CDAC Mohali

‘MOOCs for Medical Education’

19 DECEMBER 2014

Medical Education in India

•  Shortage of Healthcare professionals in India. Shortage of Faculty in

Medical Colleges.

•  Uneven distribution of medical infrastructure, lack of policy reforms

•  Non-uniform admission criteria

•  Age-old curricula lacking innovation

Hence, the best practices are not shared with everyone.

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Need of MOOCs in Medical Domain

•  At present there are 381 medical colleges in India, (source: MCI). Total admission

capacity is 50,078 per year. Limited number of seats at PG level.

•  Population Doctor: Patient Ratio

•  Quality and Affordability of Medical Education

•  Field Healthcare Workers need continuous training about infectious diseases. In

an epidemic situation, it could be time consuming

•  Essential for Medical Professional to constantly upgrade their knowledge [CMEs,

CPCs, etc] in a Traditional classroom environment

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Need of MOOCs

A MOOC platform would encourage imparting of quality

medical education from premier tertiary healthcare

delivery institutions

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MOOC is

•  NOT just an Online Course

•  NOT just a School

•  Way to Connect & Collaborate

•  Engaging in an Learning process

•  Access to ‘widely acclaimed’Professors

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A Case Study

Medical courses missing!

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MOOC is

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For developers

•  Edx Platform

•  Class2Go

•  Open MOOC

•  Course Builder

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Implementation

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For HCPs/ students

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Challenges

1.  Policy level

•  Need of recognition of MOOCs as part of the course curriculum

•  Associate ‘CME credits’ with successful MOOCs program

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Challenges

2. Technical •  The completion rate is inversely proportional

to the length of the MOOC program

•  Low IT literacy amongst healthcare professionals

•  Practical/ Lab sessions

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Challenges

§  3. Implementation level

•  Inadequate IT infrastructure for eLearning in Medical

Colleges

•  Low Bandwidth [leading to poor quality content]

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Beneficiaries

§  Healthcare Professionals including Doctors and Field

healthcare workers

§  Citizens of India

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Thank You [email protected]

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