August 06, 2020 / by Hema / In update

Hassles to E-learning for Aspiring Medicos and Possible Solutions

E-revolution has its foray into the education sector and an increasing number of students all across the world are finding it a perfect comfort zone. Field of medical education is not untouched. It is immune to this digital revolution where computers and hand-held devices are taking them beyond the textbooks and helping them venture more beneficial components of digitalization.

Yes! Medicos are in for e-learning and fond of it owing to the several benefits it has.

Environments where doctors live today differ vastly from what it was some two decades ago when e-learning platforms were not in the existence. These days, Medical colleges have switched to the online learning comprising of several audio-visual clips, virtual models and adaptive tutorials which has a distinct benefit over the conventional didactic models of instructions. The entire materials get updated on time and the delivery of the latest evidence based content is made available to the students.

Online assessments enable aspiring medicos to have personalized feedback and they move towards the path of self-improvement.

Barriers of e-learning to Medicos:

Though e-learning is a boon in disguise for the medicos but there are certain key barriers that affect the development and implementation of e-learning for the aspiring Medicos. Some students are from the rural background and they have poor technical skills. These students find it hard to cope-up with the e-learning programs, some students have poor infrastructure or time constraints. They find it hard to adapt to the e-learning models Sometimes lack of institutional strategy as well as lack of appropriate content are the reasons why e-learning becomes a dampener for the medicos.

Possible Solutions:

The right educator skill set, improved level of online content and development of user- friendly channels for the delivery of online content is an apt solution. With a positive bent of mind and a strong desire to embrace the digital development, online learning for the aspiring Medicos will be an in-thing in the years to come!