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12364892

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-4
pubmed:abstractText
Telemedicine originates with the combined use of electromedical equipment, information technologies and telecommunication systems designed to improve healthcare by overcoming the limitations of time and space. Moreover, telemedicine also possesses greater didactic potential than instruction by traditional means. Teledidactic networking, both as e-learning and e-teaching, represents a new integrated system of computer-aided education for the development and management of distance learning programs. Our study evaluated the effectiveness of teledidactic applications in the first Italian project in conventional and computerized telecardiotocography (TOCOMAT). Five cardiotocography outpatient monitoring facilities were linked telematically to a university central operating unit to obtain computerized analysis of telecardiotocographic (CTG) tracings and specialist consulting. The peripheral site operators received theoretical-practical training in the function and use of the system, the guidelines for CTG tracing interpretation and the diagnostic-therapeutic protocols. Improvement in learning progress was observed in the reduction of technical errors in CTG recording and in the increased ability of the outpatient clinic staff to select, analyze and interpret test RESULTS. Results from the feedback questionnaires on the didactic impact of the project indicated objective improvement in the specific skills acquired by the physicians at these facilities. The findings also show that a well-structured distance learning course can improve clinical, technical and managerial skills and behavior of healthcare operators by promoting the kind of professional continuing education a modern medical school should provide.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0026-4784
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
447-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
[Prenatal telemedicine and teledidactic networking. A report on the TOCOMAT project].
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Scienze Ostetrico-Ginecologiche, Urologiche e Medicina della Riproduzione, Medicina dell'Età Prenatale, Università degli Studi Federico II, Napoli, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract