Will e-learning improve clinical judgment?

E-Learning to Improve Intercultural Communication

Electronic learning, or e-learning, is becoming an increasingly common way to educate and train individuals. However, along with the benefits of e-learning there are some challenges. This study investigates the use of VoIP technology, as an e-learning system, for U.S. and Taiwanese students to improve their intercultural communication competency. The subjects worked together one-on-one using Sk...

Using Multimedia to Improve Medical E-learning

Using Technologies to Improve E-Learning

E-learning has the potential to significantly augment the traditional learning paradigm. However, despite the significant progress that has been made to date for its adoption, it still suffers from boring and ineffective contents. In this article, I will examine how media technologies and Web 2.0 technologies may help improve effectiveness of e-learning.

Clinical Judgment

of Medicine and other periodicals over the past decade. Dr. Feinstein's aim is nothing less than to induce doctors to think in new ways. He hopes that one result of his proposed revolution in clinical thinking will restore to clinical medicine the status it has lost owing to the explosive growth of molecular biology. He traces at length the growth and change of clinical investigation in this co...

Assessment in E-Learning: An Opportunity to Improve and Internalize Skills, Values and Ethics

In recent years, with the expansion of virtual education, the most important challenge that educational systems face is Assessment in e-learning, which, not only have threats, but also opportunities for this system and society. In this letter to the editor, an attempt has been made to mention some of these opportunities in the three areas of teachers, learners and educational content.