Methodology of Teaching on Telemedicine Technologies for Medical Students

Year 2018, Volume: 10 , 254 - 257, 12.09.2018

Valery Stolyar Elena Lukıanova Tatiana Lyapunova Ekaterina Shımkevıch Maya Amcheslavskaya

Abstract

The Department of Medical Informatics has developed
new curriculum module "Telemedicine" for students of 4-5 courses,
which is implemented on the basis of the Telemedicine Center of the Medical
Institute of the RUDN-University. It's designed for 1 credit ECTS, 17 hours for
practice, and the rest for students' self-education. The following topics are
included: the fundamentals of telemedicine, and the world trends in its
development; technological equipment of telemedicine events; hardware and
software of telemedicine; economic and legal aspects of telemedicine; scenarios
of telemedicine activities After theoretical lectures, students receive
practical skills in the course of business games in preparation and conduct of
video conferencing.  During the classes
we demonstrate to students the technologies of remote interactive learning, in
particular television lectures and master classes from the leading clinics of
Russia, countries of Europe, India, Brazil and Canada. Telemedicine Center for
video conferencing equipped with all modern ITU standards. It is equipped with
video conferencing complex, Full HD camcorder, professional document camera
with built-in illumination plate for displaying x-rays. During two years we
have taught over a thousand students. Besides students from Russia, the module
was mastered by students from Asia, Africa, America and Europe. Teaching
approach allows to obtain theoretical knowledge and practical skills of video
conferencing and distance education methods, to get familiarized with
international experience and trends in the development of telemedicine
technologies. Methodology of training is described.

Keywords

Telemedicine, Videoconferencing, Interactive education, Distance learning

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