COVID-19 pandemic, emergency remote teaching and Nursing Now: challenges for nursing education.

OBJECTIVE: To discuss remote activities in nursing education in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic for strengthening nursing from the perspective of the "Nursing Now" campaign. METHOD: Theoretical-reflective study based on literature and critical analysis. DISCUSSION: Reflection about the measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic and suspend in-person classes, the adoption of alternative forms of teaching, especially online ones, and their repercussions on nursing teaching strategies. There were difficulties regarding the quality of education, unequal access, and lack of knowledge from professors. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: The negative impact that emergency distance teaching had on the education of nurses stands out, in contrast to the world movement for the valuing of nurses. The legacy of this crisis must be taken advantage of through the better use of technological resources and their incorporation in teaching, having as a certainty that the distance teaching model does not encompass the totality of nursing education.

The COVID-19 Student WorkForce at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: A Model for Rapid Response in Emergency Preparedness.

PROBLEM: In accordance with guidelines from the Association of American Medical Colleges, medical schools across the United States suspended clerkships and transitioned preclinical courses online in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitals and health systems faced significant burdens during this time, particularly in New York City. APPROACH: Third- and fourth-year medical students at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai formed the COVID-19 Student WorkForce to connect students to essential roles in the Mount Sinai Hospital System and support physicians, staff members, researchers, and hospital operations. With the administration's support, the WorkForce grew to include over 530 medical and graduate students. A methodology was developed for clinical students to receive elective credit for these volunteer activities. OUTCOMES: From March 15, 2020, to June 14, 2020, student volunteers recorded 29,602 hours (2,277 hours per week) in 7 different task forces, which operated at 7 different hospitals throughout the health system. Volunteers included students from all years of medical school as well as PhD, master's, and nursing students. The autonomous structure of the COVID-19 Student WorkForce was unique and contributed to its ability to quickly mobilize students to necessary tasks. The group leaders collaborated with other medical schools in the New York City area, sharing best practices and resources and consulting on a variety of topics. NEXT STEPS: Going forward, the COVID-19 Student WorkForce will continue to collaborate with student leaders of other institutions and prevent volunteer burnout; transition select initiatives into structured, precepted student roles for clinical education; and maintain a state of readiness in the event of a second surge of COVID-19 infections in the New York City area.

Undergraduate students' perception and satisfaction regarding online learning system amidst COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan.

BACKGROUND: During COVID-19 pandemic, to forestall the outspread of contagion, all academic activities where physical presence was mandatory were halted. This prompted the shifting of educational activities to the online learning system. Current investigation aimed to determine the perception of undergraduate students of various disciplines about online learning which has been implemented across all the universities of Pakistan in the wake of COVID-19 lockdown. METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted and data was collected from ten different medical, engineering and art universities of Pakistan. Utilizing Openepi, the calculated data sample size was 600. Students were asked 23 different questions including a validated and reliable scale (α=0.952) composed of 14 questions to determine the satisfaction level of students from e-learning. Descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, ANOVA and chi-square test were used to analyse data through SPSS. RESULTS: The most broadly embraced teaching methodology was online classes through Zoom Application. According to the developed scale, overall, 78% of students were dissatisfied from online learning. Students also raised concerns over assessment methods, student-instructor communication, fairness of examination and difficulty in understanding concepts. Majority of students preferred classroom teaching and 81% of respondents didn't want to continue with e-learning. CONCLUSION: Results have depicted that students are not satisfied with e-learning and they pointed out some critical defects in the system. HEC and rectors should treat this issue as top-priority for provision of good quality education and to save the future of undergraduate students of Pakistan.

A Basis to Be Here: Stories from International Graduate Students in the United States.

Recent guidance from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement drastically altered the lives of international students in America, especially those who are matriculating. This commentary describes how international students still face uncertainty concerning their visa statuses and their place in American society.

Copyright law and distance nursing education.

The authors present essential information regarding the copyright law and online education. This information provides the reader specific aids to assist in designing and implementing distance education courses within the bounds of the Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act and fair use guidelines. From their research, the authors, who are distance education experts, offer a wide array of educational and legal data to inform nurse educators.

Institutional, Financial, Legal, and Cultural Factors in a Distance Learning Program.

As psychoanalytic institutes evolve, adapting to the contemporary financial and social environment, the integration of new technologies into psychoanalytic education presents opportunities for expansion to candidates residing beyond the usual geographic boundaries. While the teaching of analytic content through distance learning programs appears to be relatively straightforward, factors including legalities, traditional mind-sets, and cross-cultural issues need to be considered as complicating the situation, as illustrated by one U.S. institute's distance learning initiative with a group in South Korea.

E-learning tools for education: regulatory aspects, current applications in radiology and future prospects.

PURPOSE: E-learning, an abbreviation of electronic learning, indicates the provision of education and training on the Internet or the World Wide Web. The impact of networks and the Internet on radiology is undoubtedly important, as it is for medicine as a whole. The Internet offers numerous advantages compared with other mass media: it provides access to a large amount of information previously known only to individual specialists; it is flexible, permitting the use of images or video; and it allows linking to Web sites on a specific subject, thus contributing to further expand knowledge. Our purpose is to illustrate the regulatory aspects (including Internet copyright laws), current radiological applications and future prospects of e-learning. Our experience with the installation of an e-learning platform is also presented. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We performed a PubMed search on the published literature (without time limits) dealing with e-learning tools and applications in the health sector with specific reference to radiology. The search included all study types in the English language with the following key words: e-learning, education, teaching, online exam, radiology and radiologists. The Fiaso study was referred to for the regulatory aspects of e-learning. RESULTS: The application of e-learning to radiology requires the development of a model that involves selecting and creating e-learning platforms, creating and technologically adapting multimedia teaching modules, creating and managing a unified catalogue of teaching modules, planning training actions, defining training pathways and Continuing Education in Medicine (CME) credits, identifying levels of teaching and technological complexity of support tools, sharing an organisational and methodological model, training the trainers, operators' participation and relational devices, providing training, monitoring progress of the activities, and measuring the effectiveness of training. Since 2004, a platform--LiveLearning--has been used at our university: this is a Web-oriented application, that is, an Internet software solution that users can access through a Web browser. The pages displayed by the browser are dynamically generated through interaction with a database that collects both data required for the application to work and data related to the courses provided. There are different approaches to developing applications that use databases to store information. The selected approach is based on a modular three-level architecture divided into presentation level, intermediate level, and data level. The LiveLearning platform includes modules to manage multimedia contents and to interface with the streaming server so that the student can access the training contents directly from the platform interfaces. Furthermore, the platform offers its users different modules: Teaching Units, Documents, Forums, and Chats. By appropriately combining these modules, customised training can be devised based on specific requirements. CONCLUSIONS: The increasing diffusion of continuous education will reduce the costs of e-learning and make this training method, which helps keep pace with technological progress, more attractive, with significant professional gains for radiologists.

Creación de un laboratorio virtual para la enseñanza universitaria de la embriología humana en sus aspectos biológicos, éticos y sociales / Create a virtual laboratory for university teaching human embryology in its biological, social and ethical aspects

Las tecnologías de información y comunicación (TICs) tienen un alto potencial de desarrollo en la educación a distancia para apoyar los procesos de enseñanza/aprendizaje. Por otro lado, el desarrollo científico y tecnológico no depende sólo de los conocimientos científicos y de la experiencia técnica cumulada. Por el contrario, están condicionados por factores sociales, económicos, culturales, éticos y políticos. El núcleo central de la Embriología Humana es el desarrollo. Su enseñanza se basa tradicionalmente en métodos explicativos e ilustrativos desarrollados sobre un paradigma biológico. Nuestro objetivo general consistió en diseñar un ambiente virtual (Laboratorio) de apoyo para la enseñanza/aprendizaje a distancia de la Embriología humana en sus aspectos biológicos, éticos y sociales destinado a los alumnos de grado y postgrado de las Ciencias de la Salud. Nuestros objetivos específicos fueron : a-realizar actividades relacionadas al proyecto: búsqueda bibliográfica, encuestas, trabajos académicos, b- producir y seleccionar recursos digitales adecuados a los temas biológicos, éticos y sociales, c- diseñar un laboratorio virtual con los recursos disponibles para la enseñanza universitaria de la embriología humana. -Se realizaron: 1-búsqueda bibliográfica a través de las plataformas PubMed/Medline, Scimago/Scopus y Biblioteca Virtual en Salud (BVS)/Cielo, Cochrane. 2- encuestas estructuradas en base a opciones múltiples a fin de conocer la opinión de los estudiantes sobre la incorporación de actividades opcionales virtuales. 3- trabajos académicos con las experiencias presenciales y virtuales locales e internacionales entre diferentes unidades académicas de Argentina, Chile y Brasil ( grado y post-grado).

ABSTRACT: Communication and Information Technology (TICs) has a high potential for development in distance education to support teaching and learning. Scientific and technological developments do not solely depend on scientific knowledge and technical skills acquired through experience. Rather, they are also shaped by a multitude of factors, including social, economical, cultural, ethical and political influences. The central core of human embryology is development. Teaching of embryology has been traditionally based on explanatory and illustrative methods developed on a biological paradigm. Our overall objective was to design a virtual environment (Lab) to support distance teaching and learning of human embryology in its biological, social and ethical aspects. This environment would be intended for undergraduate and graduate students of the Health Sciences. Our objectives were: a-to produce project-based activities, b-to produce and select appropriate digital resources covering biological, ethical and social issues and c-to design a virtual laboratory with the resources available to the human embryology university education. Were performed: 1-through literature search platforms PubMed / MEDLINE, Scimago / Scopus and Virtual Health Library (VHL) / Heaven, Cochrane. 2 - structured surveys based on multiple options to obtain the views of students on incorporating virtual optional activities. 3 - reports the experiences and virtual local and international between different institutions in Argentina, Chile and Brazil (undergraduate and graduate)l.