Case Study: Medical education goes digital – opportunities...

Case Study: Medical education goes digital –opportunities and challenges

Digital Education Holdings Ltd.

Kalkara, January 25, 2019

EDU is a brand of Digital Education Holdings Ltd. • Villa Bighi • Chaplain`s House• Kalkara KKR 1320 • Republic of Malta

INTRO TO EDU: SCALING MEDICAL EDUCATION


Our mission is to scale higher education for global needs

• We consider this sustainable development goal of the United Nations a call to action which motivates our endeavour to significantly invest into borderless ways to offer education

• With only 6 percent of young people in Sub‐Saharan Africa being enrolled in higher education institutions, compared to the global average of 26 percent (UNESCO), we decided to start where the investments are needed the most to improve people’s lives

• Traditional medical education does not scale with the current educational capacity –we will run short of 14.5 million health worker worldwide in 2030

• We have set ourselves the goal of contributing decisively to closing the gap in Africa and Europe with EDU Medical: a medical college with a scalable, localisable teaching model enabling talented young people ‐ wherever they are ‐ to get educated on latest medical knowledge (e.g. human medicine, nursing science, healthy ageing).

• Teaching is provisioned through a digital campus run out of Malta and a network of teaching hospitals across Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia

“Ensure healthy lives and promote well‐being for all at all ages” is far more than an elusive concept…


EDU combines two pillars to scale: practical excellence and digital learning

2. Digital Learning: Our self‐sustained campus delivers global

expertise tailored to local needs and enables more agility and scalability.

1. Practical Phase:Our philosophy to partner with regional „comprehensive“ institutions to open untapped health systems structures

operational

+ Austria+ Spain+ Ghana + Rwanda

• Global faculty comprises of experts from all medical disciplines

• Dual language education: English plus practical phase in local country language

• High‐quality learning resources, comprehensive assessments and agile IT infrastructure

next countries for practical education phase


Four elements determine EDUs Business & Education System

2. A digital campus delivers global expertise

tailored to local needs. All content is contained within the

platform

1. Modular, adaptive curriculum elements building foundation of health portfolio for accredited programmes

3. Didactic driven teaching: Small teams, problem oriented learning, tutors and mentors. Tutors and mentors located in

scalable locations.

Teaching Hospital, Care Facility, ….

4. Practical trainingsyllabus integrated with

theoretical tuition and relevant medical skills needed

1.Nurse Physician Assistant Physician

EDU Non‐EDU


BUILDING MEDICAL CAPACITY

EDU is a brand of Digital Education Holdings Ltd. • Villa Bighi • Chaplain`s House• Kalkara KKR 1320 • Republic of MaltaSource: Prober, C.G., & Heath, C., NEJM, 366:18 (2012)

Turning medical education digital and providing relevant curriculum that embraces local needs

• Competence‐based learning objectives (Taxonomy of Bloom)

• Overarching learning objectives (Institute for International Medical Education)

• Learning Outcomes/Competences for Undergraduate Medical Education in Europe – The Tuning Project*

• Various learning goal catalogues: NKLM, the Scottish Doctor, Schweizer Lernzielkatalog, Framework of Undergraduate Medical Education in the Netherlands, Tomorrows doctors UK

…a modern curriculum needs to encompass latest research AND adapt to local needs

While digitisation allows a more agile teaching model to students…

• Global Standards (World Federation of Medical Education (WFME))

• Guidelines by WHO on Top 10 reasons of death integrated

• Syllabus embraces non‐technical skills of medicine as well as learning objectives on current health issues

• Longitudinal student assessment allows flexibility for locally required competencies

• Optional module capacity available for current health challenges as well as specific skills for respective regions


Evidence‐based curriculum to improve patient‐doctorrelationshipEDU Medical has created a curriculum that is based on latest standards and can be easily adapted due to agile

modular structure: 3 times a year with 8 weeks digital learning and 4 weeks practical, clinical education


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Flexible Curriculum can be quickly adapted to local needs

1. Conduct local assessment to better understand existing infrastructure, qualifications

and competency needs

2. Review Learning goals to determine best suitable changes for syllabus and Adapt digital campus on

assessments and academic learning content

Whereas modular structure remains the same, relevant competencies and health issues change…

EDU Core Curriculum Ghana Thailand

1. Ischaemic heart disease2. Stroke3. Alzheimer disease and other

dementias4. Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers5. Chronic obstructive pulmonary

disease6. Lower respiratory infections7. Colon and rectum cancers8. Diabetes mellitus9. Kidney diseases10. Breast cancer

Top 10 Causes of Death

Source WHO

Example on adaptable curriculum elements


INTERNATIONALISATION


EDU plans to build additional capacity in Africa

2. ENHANCE existing qualifications of health workers in the field

1. EDUCATE next generation of health workers

• Drive strategic partnershipsLeverage existing high quality hospitals and integrate private facilities. Initiate conversations on policies to increase public‐private partnership for untapped potential

• Leverage existing infrastructureInvest in infrastructure to upgrade community hospitals into full‐service teaching hospitals. Increase quality assurance by providing access to new networks and opportunities to attract talents

• Drive discussions with local health system stakeholders Create a network of local partners to deliver relevant learning content

• Push forward integrated care systemsBuild new hospitals in collaboration with local and international partners based on quality guidance and teaching requirements. Establish teaching centres for a sustainable ecosystems of learning and practical excellence


EDU mobilises efforts in Africa to support the UN sustainable development goals for 2030

Kenya

Tanzania

Rwanda

Zambia

Ethiopia

Ghana

Focus countries for expansion

Because of our digital nature we are globally scalable and through our teaching hospitals collaborations EDU is localisable.

EDU – A DEGREE SMARTER.Creating a movement to address global needs.

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