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- Title
El Campus Virtual de Salud Pública: seis años de formar recursos humanos en México.
- Authors
Ramos Herrera, Igor; Alfaro Alfaro, Noé; Fonseca León, Joel; García Sandoval, Cristóbal; González Castañeda, Miguel; López Zermeño, María del Carmen; Benítez Morales, Ricardo
- Abstract
This paper discusses the gestation process, implementation methodology, and results obtained from the initiative to use e-learning to train human resources for health, six years after the launch of the Virtual Campus of Public Health of the University of Guadalajara (Mexico); the discussion is framed by Pan American Health Organization(PAHO) standards and practices. This is a special report on the work done by the institutional committee of the Virtual Campus in western Mexico to create an Internet portal that follows the guidelines of the strategic model established by No do Méxicoand PAHO for the Region of the Americas. This Virtual Campus began its activities in 2007, on the basis of the use of free software and institutional collaboration. Since the initial year of implementation of the node, over 500 health professionals have been trained using virtual courses, the node's educational platform, and a repository of virtual learning resources that are interoperable with other repositories in Mexico and the Region of the Americas. The University of Guadalajara Virtual Campus committee has followed the proposed model as much as possible, thereby achieving mostof the goals set in the initial work plan, despite a number of administrative challenges and the difficulty of motivating committee members.
- Subjects
MEXICO; PERSONNEL management; MOBILE learning; PUBLIC health; WEB portals; UNIVERSIDAD de Guadalajara; PAN American Health Organization; TRAINING
- Publication
Pan American Journal of Public Health, 2014, Vol 36, Issue 5, p342
- ISSN
1020-4989
- Publication type
Article