An Evaluation of Student Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Multidisciplinary Teaching and Learning in Ehealth

Picking, Richard; Graells-Sans, Ariadna; Calderón, Esther Insa; Bueno, I. Salinas

doi:10.21125/inted.2019.1389

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“…The participants were 53 students of the academic institutions of the consortium and 13 professors. The experience again was very good, and even more multidisciplinary due to the collaboration of theatre students playing the role of users [3].…”

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Ehealth Eurocampus Project: Preparing Innovative Ict Professionals

Castell¹,

Lobo²,

Calderón³

et al. 2019

INTED2019 Proceedings

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The eHealth Eurocampus project, an EU-funded project, aims at preparing innovative professionals able to cope with the challenge of fostering a spirit of innovation in eHealth in Europe as the way forward to ensure better health and better and safer care. The main objectives of the eHealth Eurocampus are improving the relevance and quality of higher education in the field of ICT applications for health, and fostering employability through curricula adaptation to labour market needs and the development of entrepreneurship skills. In the frame of this project we are developing course materials, and implementing new and innovative teaching methods that are tested through joint learning activities (summer schools), which will be used later on in different master courses. The project includes the organization of training seminars to exchange good practices and knowledge among teachers and researchers. The eHealth Eurocampus consortium includes 8 higher education institutions, a regional centre of technological development and entrepreneurship promotion, and a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation. The partnership represents different European health management systems, from 5 European countries.

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Section: Summer Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ehealth Eurocampus Project: Preparing Innovative Ict Professionals

Castell¹,

Lobo²,

Calderón³

et al. 2019

INTED2019 Proceedings

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“…Aside from the materials created, summer schools have served to test different teaching methodologies and thus to see the perception of students and the effectiveness of them [10]. Therefore, in the first Summer school, where the subject of entrepreneurship was used, we tested methodologies based on co-creation for the design and presentation of innovative solutions; In the second health school, the theme was the aging and the use of mobile applications.…”

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Learning Based on Challenges in the Context of Multidisciplinary Teamwork in Ehealth. An Evaluation of the Students' Experience

Graells-Sans¹,

Castell-Ariño²,

Insa-Calderón³

2019

ICERI Proceedings

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Education in eHealth is becoming of transcendental importance in the European social context. The progressive aging of the population has generated an increase in the prevalence of people with disabilities who demand more effective, adapted and flexible services. Advances in computer science and technology are enabling a qualitative leap in the care of these people, offering solutions to health demands. However, the incorporation of technology in the field of health requires the acquisition of new skills. The eHealth Eurocampus is an EU-funded Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership, whose primary aim is to support the development of innovative teaching materials and activities that will improve the relevance and quality of higher education in the field of eHealth. A total of 10 European institutions participate in the project, including universities, hospitals and technology companies. We present the results corresponding to the third edition of the summer school that took place in Barcelona during the month of July 2019. On this occasion, the main topic was the use of robotics and medical imaging for the treatment of physical and cognitive disability. A teaching methodology based on the presentation of challenges was used and for which the different groups had to work and give a technological solution. The challenges were proposed by real patients and healthcare professionals who, from their experience, presented a problem of their daily life: they went from issues related to the mobility of people with physical disabilities to the usability of medical devices in hospital settings. The students were organized in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams, and they had to develop their prototypes to respond to the proposed challenge. The resulting projects were presented publicly to the patients and professionals themselves for further discussion. The results presented refer to the perceptions of participating students about the effectiveness of this methodology in the training of skills and competences for multidisciplinary work. In general, the adequacy of the methodology for the described objective is verified. Students highlight the importance of soft skills training in this type of context. Communication has appeared as the most important competence. Some students have mentioned that one of the great challenges encountered was to understand each other among the different backgrounds. However, they consider that the effort involved in having to reason their positions with understandable terms for all team members has improved their communication and conflict resolution skills. Another of the strengths that stand out in the results is the fact that the project was raised from real cases. However, the students identify as an aspect of improvement a greater interaction with the people who propose the challenges to validate the proposed solution during the development process of the project, and not only at the end. In conclusion, the results demonstrate the effectiveness of experiences of this type in the training of ski...

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“…The mean was above the neutral rating. Researchers learned through this survey that multidisciplinary projects are useful and have positive outcomes for the students [13]. Another way to measure success used by the researchers was a rubric.…”

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confidence: 99%