Virtual Permanent Education in the Health Field - Presentation on the Initiative to Strengthen Trainers' Capacity to Design and Manage Virtual Courses
Date:
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Time:
10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. EST
Description:
Webinar organized by the Virtual Campus for Public Health (VCPH) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in cooperation with the University Institute Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, PAHO's Virtual Campus has been actively accompanying the regional, subregional, and country levels in the strategic use of its platform. In these last two years, and thanks to the accumulated experience, it was possible to rapidly increase the use of available resources and the use and dissemination of new materials and content aimed at supporting the training and permanent education of health personnel and to face the emergency.
In its permanent mission to improve accessibility to public health education and bring knowledge closer to practice, the VCPH proposed to support the development of training capacities in virtual education, through the Initiative to Strengthen Trainers' Capacity to Design and Manage Virtual Courses. During 2021, this initiative focused on two lines of work: During 2021, this initiative focused on two lines of work: 1) Updating the conceptual frameworks of the Educational Approach that guides the VCPH, and 2) Development of open access materials for public health trainers that can accompany and strengthen educational practices within the VCPH, but also from any educational institution in the health sector. The new Educational Approach offers the conceptual framework for educational proposals that will be incorporated into the PAHO educational platform. These materials are open available in the VCPH in Spanish and English (links below), in a space specially designed for training of trainers.
Event through Zoom, with interpretation in Spanish and English.
Objective(s) of the meeting:
To present the Initiative to Strengthen Trainers' Capacity to Design and Manage Virtual Courses; the VCPH Education Approach document and open materials for trainers.
Brief synthesis of the topics:
The event agenda included:
|
Activity |
Presenter |
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Opening The current role of the VCPH as an educational platform for PAHO |
Dr. James Fitzgerald, Director, Department of Health Systems and Services, PAHO |
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Presentation on the Initiative to strengthen trainers' capacity to design and manage virtual courses |
Mr. Gabriel Listovsky, Regional Coordinator, VCPH, PAHO |
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Comments on the Educational Approach |
Dr. Marcos A. Espinal, Director, Department of Communicable Diseases and Environmental Determinants of Health, PAHO Ms. Gabriela Pradere, Director, Evaluation and Monitoring of Health Personnel, Ministry of Public Health of Uruguay Mr. Ovidio Padilla, Technology Coordinator, National Medical Library, National University of Honduras |
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Presentation on the development of open access educational materials for trainers in public health |
Dr. Marcelo Figari, Rector, University Institute Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires (IUHIBA), Argentina |
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Navigation through the materials
|
Ms. Fabiana Reboiras, Director, Department of Education, IUHIBA Pedagogical team, IUHIBA |
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Closing remarks |
Mr. Gabriel Listovsky |
Speakers. Brief summary of the curriculum:
- Dr. James Fitzgerald, Director, Department of Health Systems and Services, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- Mr. Gabriel Listovsky, Regional Coordinator, Virtual Campus for Public Health (VCPH), PAHO
- Dr. Marcos A. Espinal, Director, Department of Communicable Diseases and Environmental Determinants of Health, PAHO
- Ms. Gabriela Pradere, Director, Evaluation and Monitoring of Health Personnel, Ministry of Public Health of Uruguay
- Mr. Ovidio Padilla, Technology Coordinator, National Medical Library, National University of Honduras
- Dr. Marcelo Figari, Rector, University Institute Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires (IUHIBA), Argentina
- Ms. Fabiana Reboiras, Director, Department of Education, IUHIBA
- Pedagogical team, IUHIBA
Keywords:
VCPH, permanent education, virtuality, virtual courses management, educational approach, strengthen educational practices, educational materials, IUHIBA