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Computer literacy and E-learning perception in Cameroon: the case of Yaounde Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

机译：喀麦隆的计算机素养和电子学习知觉：雅温得医学与生物医学学院

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Background Health science education faces numerous challenges: assimilation of knowledge, management of increasing numbers of learners or changes in educational models and methodologies. With the emergence of e-learning, the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and Internet to improve teaching and learning in health science training institutions has become a crucial issue for low and middle income countries, including sub-Saharan Africa. In this perspective, the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS) of Yaoundé has played a pioneering role in Cameroon in making significant efforts to improve students’ and lecturers’ access to computers and to Internet on its campus. The objective is to investigate how computer literacy and the perception towards e-learning and its potential could contribute to the learning and teaching process within the FMBS academic community. Method A cross-sectional survey was carried out among students, residents and lecturers. The data was gathered through a written questionnaire distributed at FMBS campus and analysed with routine statistical software. Results 307 participants answered the questionnaire: 218 students, 57 residents and 32 lecturers. Results show that most students, residents and lecturers have access to computers and Internet, although students’ access is mainly at home for computers and at cyber cafés for Internet. Most of the participants have a fairly good mastery of ICT. However, some basic rules of good practices concerning the use of ICT in the health domain were still not well known. Google is the most frequently used engine to retrieve health literature for all participants; only 7% of students and 16% of residents have heard about Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). The potential of e-learning in the improvement of teaching and learning still remains insufficiently exploited. About two thirds of the students are not familiar with the concept of e-leaning. 84% of students and 58% of residents had never had access to e-learning resources. However, most of the participants perceive the potential of e-learning for learning and teaching, and are in favour of its development at the FMBS. Conclusion The strong interest revealed by the study participants to adopt and follow-up the development of e-learning, opens new perspectives to a faculty like the FMBS, located in a country with limited resources. However, the success of its development will depend on different factors: the definition of an e-learning strategy, the implementation of concrete measures and the adoption of a more active and participative pedagogy.
机译：背景技术健康科学教育面临众多挑战：知识吸收，对越来越多的学习者进行管理或改变教育模式和方法。随着电子学习的兴起，使用信息和通信技术（ICT）和Internet改善健康科学培训机构的教学已成为包括撒哈拉以南非洲在内的中低收入国家的关键问题。从这个角度来看，雅温得的医学和生物医学学院（FMBS）在喀麦隆做出了巨大的努力，致力于改善学生和讲师在校园中使用计算机和Internet的机会。目的是研究计算机素养以及对电子学习的认识及其潜力如何对FMBS学术界内部的学习和教学过程做出贡献。方法对学生，居民和讲师进行横断面调查。数据通过在FMBS校园分发的书面问卷收集，并使用常规统计软件进行分析。结果307名参与者回答了问卷：218名学生，57名居民和32名讲师。结果表明，大多数学生，居民和讲师都可以使用计算机和Internet，尽管学生的访问主要是在家中使用计算机，而在网吧中则可以使用Internet。大多数参与者对ICT都有很好的掌握。但是，关于在卫生领域使用信息通信技术的一些良好做法的基本规则仍然不为人所知。 Google是检索所有参与者健康文献的最常用引擎;只有7％的学生和16％的居民听说过医学主题词（MeSH）。电子学习在改善教与学中的潜力仍然没有得到充分利用。大约三分之二的学生不熟悉电子学习的概念。 84％的学生和58％的居民从未获得过电子学习资源。但是，大多数参与者都意识到了电子学习在学与教中的潜力，并赞成在FMBS上进行电子学习。结论研究参与者对采用和跟进电子学习的发展表现出了浓厚的兴趣，这为位于资源有限的国家的FMBS之类的教师打开了新的视野。但是，其发展的成功将取决于不同的因素：电子学习战略的定义，具体措施的实施以及采用更积极和参与性的教学法。

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