A student made MOOC for medical students during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

  1. David Ramirez

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Abstract

(1) Antecedentes: América Latina fue una de las últimas regiones del mundo en verse afectada por la pandemia de COVID-19. Como respuesta a la emergencia, se implementó la educación virtual en casi todos los países de la región. (2) Métodos: Se realizó un curso en línea abierto masivo (MOOC) sobre epilepsia utilizando solo software y plataformas de acceso abierto, siguiendo las competencias de la Liga Internacional contra la Epilepsia para la enseñanza de la epileptología. (3) Resultados: 250 estudiantes de salud de 8 países latinoamericanos diferentes se inscribieron en el curso y solo el 17.2 (%) de ellos habían participado previamente en cursos como este. Este curso tuvo una tasa de finalización de 37.2 (%) y, de los estudiantes que completaron el curso, 98.3 (%) participaría en cursos como este en el futuro. (4) Conclusión: los MOOC se pueden implementar fácilmente como una estrategia pedagógica poderosa durante la pandemia de COVID-19 y pueden tener un impacto positivo no solo en sus objetivos de aprendizaje propuestos, sino que pueden ayudar a cerrar la brecha que impide que los estudiantes de salud latinoamericanos adquieran activamente conocimiento a través de ellos.

(1) Background: Latin America was one of the last regions of the world to become affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a response to the emergency, virtual education was implemented in almost every country of the region. (2) Methods: A massive open online course about epilepsy was made using only open access software and platforms following the international league against epilepsy competence-based domains for epileptology teaching. (3) Results: 250 healthcare students from 8 different Latin American countries enrolled in the course and only 17.2(%) of them had previously participated in courses like this one. This course had a completion rate of 37.2(%) and, of the students that completed the course, 98.3(%) would participate in course like this in the future. (4) Conclusion: In conclusion, MOOCs can be easily implemented as a powerful pedagogic strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic and can have a positive impact not only in in its proposed learning objectives but it can help in closing the gap that prevent Latin American healthcare students to acquire actively knowledge trough them.

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