E-learning for Professional Education of Personnel in a Hospital

A collaboration among the Hospital S. Giovanni Battista of Turin, the Politecnico of Turin, and the MUST company is described. The content of the collaboration has been and is the use of ICT-s, e-learning, and blended learning for the internal professional education, training, and keeping up to date of the personnel of the hospital. A platform for the delivery of the teaching materials has been built, including an evaluation and self-evaluation tool. The first on line courses have been developed and delivered and many more are in preparation. The first results of the monitoring of the efficacy of the online education have been positive.

Authors:

• G. Cossu
• A. Esposito
• G. Picco
• C. Scrizzi
• A. Tartaglia
• E. Tresso

Keywords:

• E-learning
• blended learning
• on line education
• ICT.

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