Learning Management System (LMS) for Integrating, Monitoring and Evaluating Professional Activities in a Medical Curriculum. The Experience at Humanitas University Medical School | ||
| International Journal of Learning Management Systems | ||
| Volume 9, Issue 1, July 2021, Pages 1-15 PDF (598.19 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.18576/ijlms/090201 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Vinci v.1; Oldani S.1; Lozito A.2; Montagna L.3; Marsala A.4; Pagliotta M.4; Consorti F.5 | ||
| 1Office of Medical Education, Humanitas University, via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090 Pieve Emanuele (MILAN) – Italy. Humanitas Clinical and Research Center – IRCCS-, via Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano (MILAN) – Italy. | ||
| 2via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Humanitas University, 20090 Pieve Emanuele (MILAN) – Italy. | ||
| 3Office of Medical Education, Humanitas University, via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090 Pieve Emanuele (MILAN) – Italy | ||
| 4IT Department, Humanitas University, via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090 Pieve Emanuele (MI-LAN) – Italy. | ||
| 5Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico, 00161 Roma – Italy. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Technology-enabled learning is increasingly important in teaching and learning medicine. At Humanitas University we started using LMS (LMS@Hunimed) also for the organization, management, storage and evaluation of medical education and professionalizing activities. We explored the perceived benefits and practical use of a LMS by The Office of Medical Education in organizing, managing and evaluating professionalizing activities. Summary of the work: An evaluation questionnaire on LMS was submitted to all members of the OME (7 members) and the Student Office (2 members). Furthermore, Humanitas University register’s office provided a quantitative evaluation of the working hours by the members of OME regarding organization, management and assessments of E- Portfolio on LMS compared with Portfolio before LMS. This study involves the testing of all four operational criteria on learning management system: - Effectiveness – The performance in accomplishment of tasks - Learning ability – The degree of learning to accomplish tasks. - Flexibility – The adaptation to variation in tasks and environments. - Attitude – The user satisfaction or suggestions for improvements. We choose to use a System Usability Scale (SUS), a simple, ten-item attitude scale , to provide an assessments of usability. Summary of results: The use of LMS showed improvements in work efficiency through a significant decrease in working hours. Furthermore, a qualitative analysis of the System Usability Scale (SUS) questions showed that teachers felt moreconfident to use LMS in their daily tasks compared to when using a non-digital approach. Conclusions: LMS@Hunimed showed positive results in providing functional direct access to messaging tools for communication and concrete didactic support for students, teachers and collaborators. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Learning management system; moodle; medical education; professionalizing activities; distance education | ||
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