Successful Development of Global Education within Ian Donald School of Ultrasound

Abstract

Ian Donald Inter-University School of Ultrasound is a living tribute to Ian Donald, the visionary physician who pioneered ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology. The School is dedicated to the improvement of all aspects of perinatal and gynecologic care. The discovery of ultrasound has enabled us to see and care for the fetus as a patient as well as visualize pelvic organs noninvasively—and has therefore brought obstetric and gynecologic diagnosis out of the dark ages. The School has evolved to almost 140 international Chapters or Branches which permits the spread of knowledge throughout the world. With the rapid development of information and communication technologies, industrial nations are transforming into societies in which knowledge, although intangible, is the most valuable commodity. The traditional choreography of learning, with its long, rigidly defined school, job, and university educational periods, is already obsolete. The most important factors which have influenced the changes occurring in education have been the installation and development of the Internet, electronic multimedia techniques and artificial intelligence. Donald Schools have to reinvent themselves in order to remain relevant to the current generation. The distance learning campaign (which extensively developed in the last three years of the COVID-19 pandemic) aims to establish a distinct visual identity for Ian Donald School and to unify all its various branches and entities into a single voice.

Keywords

• human security
• global health
• higher education