Octennial Review (2010-2018) of Literature on M-Learning for Promoting Distributed-Based Medical Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Autor/inn/en	Yunusa, Abdullahi Abubakar; Umar, Irfan Naufal; Bervell, Brandford
Titel	Octennial Review (2010-2018) of Literature on M-Learning for Promoting Distributed-Based Medical Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Quelle	In: International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 20 (2019) 2, S.279-301 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1492-3831
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Medical Education; Electronic Learning; Affordances; Distance Education; Educational Research; Research Design; Research Methodology; Influences; Barriers; Higher Education; Africa; Cameroon; Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda; Malawi; Botswana; South Africa; Ghana; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Medizinische Ausbildung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Forschungsdesign; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Afrika; Kamerun; Kenia; Tansania; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Medical education in Africa is in desperate need of reforms, evident in widespread diseases, and an inability to mobilise and train the required medical workforce to deal with these health issues. However, the exponential rise in the use of mobile technologies due to the spread of the Internet and increased telecommunication networks offer an opportunity for the transformation of medical education and practice through the deployment of mobile devices as a medium for learning and conveying health care services to the remote and resource-constrained locations of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This paper reviewed articles on the affordances of m-learning for distributed medical education in SSA published between 2010-2018. Results from 18 articles identified in the review revealed a slow-paced ascendancy of practice and research in the field; it further exposed competing priorities, infrastructural deficit, and chronic workforce shortages as the bane of m-learning implementation in the subregion. This paper makes recommendations that will enhance the growth of mobile-based distance medical education and practice in SSA. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01