title: [E-Learning--an important contribution to general medical training and continuing education?].
abstract: There is increasing activity in the development of e-learning modules for general medical training and continuing education. One of the central advantages of e-learning is flexibility regarding time and place of its use. The quality of the available e-learning opportunities varies quite considerably. For users it is often not easy to assess the quality of e-learning modules or to find offers of high quality. This could be a reason for the fact that despite the huge number of e-learning modules still only few students and physicians are using them. This is although e-learning has proven to be as effective as and even more efficient than learning in the classroom or with paper-based materials. This article summarizes the different models of e-learning, how and where to find offers of high quality, advantages of using e-learning, and the effectiveness and efficiency of such offers. In addition problems of e-learning and possibilities to overcome these problems are shown.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie Sektion, Klinische Epidemiologieund Versorgungsforschung, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg, BRD. daniela.ruf@uniklinik-freiburg.de
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ruf
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Berner
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kriston
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Härter
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D011786:Quality Control; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface