Tele-rehabilitation and e-learning: the HELLODOC educational experience.
A web-based learning activity in the field of tele-rehabilitation was conducted by Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), the Italian National Institute of Health, within the EU project HELLODOC. The activity aimed at training professionals to effectively manage the tele-rehabilitation service. ISS adapted the Moodle e-learning platform and implemented the problem-based learning (PBL) methodology. One clinical and one technical module were prepared by using traditional learning sources as well as interactive tools. Each module included 4 units; each unit was based on a 5-days cycle. The courses remained open from January to October 2006. Fifty percent of the registered students attended the courses. Traditional and interactive learning resources were equally used. Overall feedback was positive, unless for the amount of time requested for the study and the lack of an official certificate of attendance. Both modules are now in the process of being revised, improved and generalised, in order to be integrated into the ISS Rehabilitation website.
Giacomozzi
Claudia
C
Dipartimento di Tecnologie e Salute, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. claudia.giacomozzi@iss.it
Campobello
Giuseppe
G
Huijgens
Barbara
B
Ilsbroukx
Stephan
S
Macellari
Velio
V
Magni
Riccardo
R
Ratti
Alessandro
A
Rogante
Marco
M
Scattareggia Marchese
Sandro
S
Schifini
Maria Francesca
MF
Termos
Jose Maria
JM
Cordella
Daniele
D
D005062:European Union; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000592:standards*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000592:standards*