A public health e-learning master’s programme with a focus on health workforce development targeting francophone Africa: the University of Geneva experience
Abstract:BackgroundShortage of a competent public health workforce is as a worldwide problem. The situation is especially bad in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2008, the World Health Organization and the Global Health Workforce Alliance launched a call for proposals for a public health training programme with an emphasis on health workforce development specifically targeting Africa. Our article presents the development, implementation and evaluation of an e-learning Master of Advanced Studies in Public Health on Workforce Deve… Show more
“…to the learning platforms [13,[18][19][20][21][22][23]. Of these, three studies only recorded connections to the platform or folder and not the specific learning items contained within [18,19,21].…”
Section: Learning Analytics Data Typesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…handouts, book chapters, journal articles, slides) [12,18,[20][21][22][23][26][27][28][29], onlinetests/quizzes [20,22,23,26,[29][30][31][32][33], and URL links to external online resources [20,22,23,29].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Five studies did not include objective learning outcomes [18,21,26,28,29]. Among these five papers, one reported self-efficacy perceptions from students [26] while another paper mentioned it did monitor assessments and students completed exams [18] but did not subject this data to any statistical analysis.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Among these five papers, one reported self-efficacy perceptions from students [26] while another paper mentioned it did monitor assessments and students completed exams [18] but did not subject this data to any statistical analysis. The remaining four papers did not include any learning outcome variables in the study designs.…”
Section: Figure 1 Flowchart Of Search Processmentioning
“…to the learning platforms [13,[18][19][20][21][22][23]. Of these, three studies only recorded connections to the platform or folder and not the specific learning items contained within [18,19,21].…”
Section: Learning Analytics Data Typesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…handouts, book chapters, journal articles, slides) [12,18,[20][21][22][23][26][27][28][29], onlinetests/quizzes [20,22,23,26,[29][30][31][32][33], and URL links to external online resources [20,22,23,29].…”
Section: Figure 1 Flowchart Of Search Processmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Five studies did not include objective learning outcomes [18,21,26,28,29]. Among these five papers, one reported self-efficacy perceptions from students [26] while another paper mentioned it did monitor assessments and students completed exams [18] but did not subject this data to any statistical analysis.…”
Section: Figure 1 Flowchart Of Search Processmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Among these five papers, one reported self-efficacy perceptions from students [26] while another paper mentioned it did monitor assessments and students completed exams [18] but did not subject this data to any statistical analysis. The remaining four papers did not include any learning outcome variables in the study designs.…”
Section: Figure 1 Flowchart Of Search Processmentioning
“…Os resultados de um curso de mestrado em saúde pública promovido para profissionais de saúde africanos foram avaliados por Chastonay et al (2015). A pesquisa mostrou que a ação educacional subsidiou efeitos positivos tanto para os treinandos como para a comunidade, visto que os profissionais, após concluirem o curso, obtiveram promoção profissional e os projetos desenvolvidos ao longo da ação educacional foram implementados na comunidade.…”
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