Client: Ludwig Maximilian University Munich

E-Learning for Medical Doctors | Web-based Online Medical Education
To fulfill the legally required training programs, innovative learning methods are used in medical training. The aim of the project "Web-based online medical training" was to introduce a web-based e-learning system for online medical training using the integration platform open-EIS and the Learning Management System comm.lms. The project focused on the integration of collaboration tools, integrated appointment management and flexible evaluation and verification tools.

Challenge

Doctors, who are obliged to attend advanced training, must provide proof of their attendance at advanced training courses by submitting corresponding advanced training credits (CME credits) to their competent medical association. After the acquisition of 150 CME credits in three years, the physician receives a further training certificate certifying their state of medical expertise.

Solution

The "Bipolar Working Group", an association of notable psychiatrists and experts directed by Prof. Dr. med. W. Greil from the Kilchberg Sanatorium in Switzerland, developed an innovative, scientifically neutral training concept (blended learning) for resident psychiatrists and neurologists throughout Germany on the subject of "bipolar diseases".
The pilot experiment includes the combination of web-based training, case-based learning and attendance phases. The project was conducted in different federal states. The three blended learning courses, which comprise 10 weeks per course, contain a large proportion of e-learning, in which the doctors train themselves independently and self-directed via the learning platform "Campus Psychiatry". The Learning Management System comm.lms was selected from several learning platform providers as the technical basis for the pilot experiment. comm.lms offered several advantages for this project, e.g. an integrated authoring system, which enables the easy creation of courses without HTML knowledge and supports the automatic structuring of content. The intuitive platform integrates any media format and allows the conversion of content "on demand" into PDF format. Beyond that the E-Learning system has intelligent collaboration tools, a flexible examination and evaluation module as well as a clear appointment management function.

The pilot experiment was scientifically supervised and evaluated by Prof. Greil and Prof. Mandl from Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.