ENSEÑANZA ELECTRÓNICA DE RADIOLOGÍA EN PREGRADO: LA EXPERIENCIA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA ELECTRONIC EDUCATION IN UNDERGRADUATE RADIOLOGY: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MALAGA

Abstract

We report an evaluation and analysis of different user interfaces of IT applications, for teaching purposes, generated by us with a view to developing designs that will allow better optimization of the teaching-learning process through these technological means. In them, we have incorporated different illustrative elements, such as icons, images, etc., that facilitate rapid interaction between the user and the informatics procedure. To evaluate the efficiency and potential of our developments, aimed at training in the field of medicine, we sent out a Likert-based questionnaire to different users to gauge the degree of satisfaction with the informatics procedure. The results obtained reveal the excellent acceptance of our interface designs, both as regards their efficiency in the functioning of the different navigation controls and their distribution, which contributes to a good visual balance of the informatics application.Since 1998, radiology teaching and learning electronic resources have been developed at the University of Málaga. Some experiences on undergraduate radiology education are presented in this paper: a self-conducted training on radiology called “A Walk through Radiology”, some projects to create and develop radiology consulting tools, a project about audio-recorded virtual lectures (AMERAM), started on 2005, and a Web portal to collect radiology education Internet resources. Finally, we conclude with some reflections about the experience along these years, which has contributed to improve the student’s radiology learning in our centre and has supplied educative tools to students and postgraduates of this and other cities. We consider that the European Space of Higher Education learning philosophy, student centered and self-learning based, gives a vital role to undergraduate electronic education tools.

Keywords

• Enseñanza electrónica, aprendizaje electrónico, multimedia, radiología, estudiantes de pregrado