HOW THE INTERNET INFLUENCING LEARNING MEDICINE –Electronic-learning describes the use of information technology or the internet for learning activities. Integrating e-learning into medical education is supported by adult learning theory; learners control content, sequence, pace, time and media, fitting different learning styles. Courses are standardized in terms of content and delivery and can include assessment and feedback. Many developed countries trying to perfect the matters and developing countries are adopting where short of skilled teachers to deliver the matters, With proliferation of broad band and access to internet where we live it is certainly becomes a necessity rather than compulsion to search the matters, any new terminology we use in the class room and clinics, , Surveys show that around 70% of US Internet users consult the Internet when they require medical information. People seek this information using both traditional search engines and via social media. The information created using the search process offers an unprecedented opportunity for applications to monitor and improve the quality of life of people with a variety of medical conditions. Today it is just not learning little of medicine, and how the patients react to the illness, the true story of illness starts once a diagnosis is made, For example, the mental state of cancer patients in the first few days following diagnosis has been analyzed using web searches and changes in mood prior to the appearance of abnormal mental states detected
e-LEARNING Implications- Technology is a tool for deeper learning, and learning experiences beyond lecture-based learning. With the emergence of students who have grown up with technology, e-learning may increase. In an era of value for money, e-learning offers an opportunity to disseminate the experience of clinicians to a wide audience. Areas for research include assessing contexts for effective use of e-learning in medical education, the differential use of e-learning in preclinical versus clinical years, the adaptation of e-learning to a wide variety of medical specialties and clinical settings, and the incorporation of e-learning as part of a blended-learning strategy
WE CAN LEARN MANY MATTERS FASTER WITH the recent emergence of e-readers such as the iPad, and smart phones with their “apps”, e-learning is likely to continue to play a large role in education. The free downloadable Student British Medical Journal iPhone app provides news, research, education, blogs and podcasts
Close to 100 000 health related apps for smartphones are now available on the two-major mobile device software platforms, Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. Medical apps have generated more than three million US downloads on iOS alone.
ALREADY INTERENT AND e-RESOURCES ARE REPLACING OUTDATED TEACHERS
Resources -Regulating medical apps: which ones and how much? BMJ 2013
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