e-learning in Medicine

e-Learning in Medicinetools, we are no longer constrained to a given time
Dr.T.V.Rao. MD*or location to deliver information and interact with
Professor of Microbiologystudents on a given topic. The ability to engage
Medical education in India continues to have as itsmany facets of a student using multimedia material
foundations with a combination of didactic lectures inhas the added advantage of covering the many
the classroom and integrated, hands-on "Socraticlearning styles present in the diverse student
Method" learning in any clinical setting. In the recentpopulation in the medical fields. It is certainly
past there is more emphasis on problem basednecessary to improve the technical capabilities of our
learning. Traditional didactic lectures address theyoung medical gradates. Continuing Medical Education
delivery of factual knowledge; however it is(CME) becomes a crucial factor, because the life of
questionable on   the effectiveness as well asknowledge and human skills in the field of medicine
efficiency of existing mode of education. With rapidare shorter than ever. e-learning comes with solutions
growth of Medical Colleges all over the world, inand methods, which can be very helpful in supporting
particular India, increasing constraints being placed ondoctors with access to the up-to-date medical
medical educators as well as non availability ofknowledge and achievements. Several Medical
experienced teachers one needs to explore othercolleges are providing internet access to students and
avenues for effective knowledge transfer to traineesteaching staff. Recently Indian Medical Council has
in health care. The harnessing of computeridentified the role of computers and wishes to
technology, more specifically web-based tools openimplement some training in computers and other
the door for collaboration amongst students andrelated technologies to our young graduates. It is
teachers, the development of updated, web-basedtime to strengthen the Problem based learning with
learning platforms that are easy to use from aSkill based teaching, possible with opting for e-learning
student and a teacher prospective. Medical educationand teaching. All medical colleges and departments
is beginning to embrace a new modality ofcan develop, or obtain soft ware and programmes to
knowledge transfer e-learning, it means intentionalstrengthen skills to make our students good clinical
use of networked information and communicationspractitioners. Internet is an occasion of knowledge;
technology in teaching and learning. Web-based,one need to know is how to get desired content
multimedia learning platforms bring about numerousfaster, to suit your needs. One of the problems with
possibilities not easily met with traditional didactice-learning is that students have to learn on their own
instruction, however, many of the studies looking towithout any interaction with teachers and other
e-learning as a replacement for more traditionalstudents. In true sense e-learning is not a substitute
classroom education have not shown a significantfor a skilled and humanistic teacher, but a great boon
improvement, the major reason being as it is notto upcoming teachers. e-learning is a emerging option
human. We already know the power of Internet andin the coming future, are we prepared to
World Wide Web; many protocols can be learned andacknowledge ?
taught easily than in the past. By using web-based