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E-Learning in Global Surgery

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E-learning – the use of the Internet and multimedia technology – is completely transforming the learning environment of the twenty-first century. The global penetration of computers, smart phones, and access to the Internet is reaching even the remotest parts of the least developed countries. As learner-educators, global surgeons can take advantage of new technologies by accessing existing online learning resources or developing their own. E-learning tools have unique advantages in distance learning, such as allowing learners to be engaged synchronously with an online lecture, or review and respond through an asynchronous discussion board. This chapter discusses e-learning instructional design and describes successful projects, evaluation approaches, and future directions for e-learning in global surgery. Formal online courses, webinars, and remote telementoring all provide examples of surgical leadership and north-south partnerships in surgical education. Evaluation of surgical e-learning partnership initiatives will provide opportunities for bilateral mutual learning and “reverse innovation.” Globally minded surgeons are on the cutting edge using innovation and new technology to teach their craft.

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  1. McMaster Children’s Hospital, 1200 Main Street West, Room 4E7, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada

    Brian H. Cameron MD,PGDipMedEd,FRCSC,FACS

  2. Centre for Medical Education, University of Dundee, Mackenzie Building, Kirsty Semple Way, Dundee, Tayside, DD2 1NU, UK

    Susie Schofield PGCE, PhD

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  1. Department of Surgery, Anne Arundel Health System, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Annapolis, Maryland, USA

    Adrian Park

  2. Department of Surgery, Center for Global Surgery, Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, Division of Public Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

    Raymond Price

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Cameron, B.H., Schofield, S. (2017). E-Learning in Global Surgery. In: Park, A., Price, R. (eds) Global Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49482-1_7

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