IS MEDICAL EDUCATION READY TO USE BLENDED LEARNING TO GAIN CLINICAL SKILLS?
IS MEDICAL EDUCATION READY TO USE BLENDED LEARNING TO GAIN CLINICAL SKILLS?

Summary/Abstract: The integration of educational technology into teaching for meaningful learning is an issue for all educators to consider. Blended learning is a formal educational paradigm which combines, at least in part, face-to-face delivery of content and instruction assisted by digital and online media with some degree of student control over time, place, path or pace. Blended learning itself is a simple process but it does have certain more complex aspects. It is simple because it integrates face-to-face learning with online learning, with complexity arising from limitless design possibilities and its applicability in different contexts. The medical field is a special field that shows specific features of which the specialists in educational sciences must be aware and for which they must identify the best solutions in order to implement a modern and efficient medical education. Currently, medical students have a wide array of choices in what regards the way in which medical knowledge is delivered to them. In recent years, more and more online platforms of blended learning began to emerge, structured in different ways. The knowledge base itself is not limited to certain medical topics. There are many online options which offer courses in a variety of medical fields, ranging from simple tutorials to actual university level courses and virtual simulations. In medical universities, more than traditional teaching and supervised patient care, blended learning technologies allow individual and collaborative learning by providing relevant trainee-directed, case based learning and assessment. This paper aims to make an analysis of the most appropriate blended learning methods which can be used to improve medical education.

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