title: A Review on Usage and Effectiveness of e-Learning in Medical Education.
abstract: E-learning is recently considered as a critical strategy to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of education. Although the use of e-learning has been growing rapidly in medical education, there are not sufficient data applying e-learning and evidence of the effectiveness. The purpose of the study is to review the recent literatures on applying e-learning in medical education settings and to identify usage types and educational effectiveness appeared in the research. The results demonstrated the types applying e-learning in medical education were categorized into the blended learning, online education, and virtual learning environment. The educational effectiveness of e-learning were the improvements of knowledge, clinical skill, attitude, and satisfaction. The study suggested the recommendations based on the results in order to apply e-learning effectively to medical education.
authors: Department of Medical Education, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Joo Hyun
authors: JH
authors: Park
authors: Department of Medical Education, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Ji Young
authors: JY
authors: Son
authors: Department of Medical Education, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Nam Jin
authors: NJ
authors: Yoo
authors: Department of Medical Education, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Sun
authors: S
authors: Kim
keywords: Medical education; Program evaluation; e-Learning