Authors
- Samer Hasan
- Ahmed Abu Tayeh
- Fadi Zaben
- Anis Al-Hajjeh
- Colin Green
- Malik Zaben
Institution
- IMET2000-PAL (International Medical Education Trust 2000) - Palestine
​Medical education in Palestine is provided by four medical schools. Online / E-learning methods of education have been proposed as potential cost-effective modalities in low income countries. The attitudes of medical teachers in these schools toward such modalities are yet to be explored.
A self-administered 23-items questionnaire was circulated among medical teachers of one of the medical schools in West Bank.
Our results are the first of its type to provide an overview of the use of medical education methods in Palestine. Providing the necessary infrastructure and training medical teachers on modern modalities of teaching can potentially help improving the standards of medical education in Palestine.
35 participants with a M: F ratio of 1:8 participated in our study. most of them (86%) were PhD holders with a 10 years experience of teaching. Although the vast majority (89%) of respondents reported lack of educational resources, 51.4% of participants were positive about their working environment. 68.6% participants were in favour of face-to-face teaching compared to E-learning or blended learning.
- Medical teachers in Palestine are still in favour of classical methods of teaching.
- Full exploitation of E-learning modalities is needed for final conclusions regarding its usefullness before final conclusions can be made.
- This study provides some guidance for decision makers involved in upgrading medical education in the country.
The authors are greatful for IMET2000 on sponsering this study
- Izet Masic 2008 , E-learning as new method of medical education, the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine ,PMCID: PMC3789161
- Zaben, Malik, et al. "The Impact of E-Learning in Postgraduate Health Education: Experience from Palestine."