GMS Journal for Medical Education (Aug 2018)

Digital Teaching and Digital Medicine: A national initiative is needed

  • Haag, Martin,
  • Igel, Christoph,
  • Fischer, Martin R.,
  • German Medical Education Society (GMA), Committee “Digitization – Technology-Assisted Learning and Teaching”,
  • Joint working group “Technology-enhanced Teaching and Learning in Medicine (TeLL)” of the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (gmds) and the German Informatics Society (GI)

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3205/zma001189
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 35, no. 3
p. Doc43

Abstract

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The advancing digitization of the healthcare system requires that in the future digital skills should be communicated to students much more. In addition, digital teaching and learning technologies should be used wherever they offer real benefits over other training scenarios. To meet these challenges, it needs a national initiative “Medical Education in the Digital Age”, which should be led by the Society for Medical Education and the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology.

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