Table 2 Infrastructural information about e-learning provisions at medical schools (n = 34; results are expressed as percentage of total answers per item). The symbol * indicates a significant difference between medical schools with (44.8 %) and without e-learning staff (17.2 %) with a p < 0.01 (chi-square test of independence)
Questions | Yes (%) |
|---|---|
Infrastructural information about the provision of e-learning | |
Does your medical school offer… | |
a) … Performance-orientated financial rewards (LOM)? | 75.9 % |
b) … Specific LOM for teaching? | 66.7 % |
c) … Is e-learning associated with the award of LOM? | 16.7 % |
Do you have permanent staff in your medical school who is employed to deal with e-learning (an e-learning team/department)? | 50.0 % |
Do you offer training or qualification programs for teachers… | |
a) … that deals directly with the authoring systems of programs in use at your medical school? | 80.7 % |
b) … on the topic of e-learning (general information)? | 70.0 % |
c) Would you make use of training programs that have been developed at other universities for the training of your teachers? | 84.6 % |
Does your medical school use electronic means to carry out summative (mandatory) exams? | 53.3 % |
Does your medical school also offer e-learning formative exams to students? | 58.6 % |
Do you reward your teachers in some form for… | |
a) … the development of e-learning tools/courses? | 32.1 % |
b) … the implementation of e-learning tools/courses? | 33.3 % |
Do development and implementation of e-learning tools/courses count towards teaching activities or load? | 24.1 % |
- If not, is this planned at your medical school for the future? | 39.1 % |
Would you consider offering e-learning opportunities developed by other medical schools for inclusion in teaching by your medical school, if they fitted into the curriculum? | 96.6 % |
Are teachers at your medical school encouraged (through instructions, study regulations, etc.) to prepare e-learning tools? | 56.7 % |
Do you regularly evaluate the opinions, attitudes and experiences of your teachers on the subject of e-learning in your medical school? | 31.0 % |
Do you regularly evaluate the opinions, attitudes and experiences of your students on the subject of e-learning in your medical school? | 62.1 % * |
Does your medical school or do your students recognize outstanding e-learning opportunities with awards? | 13.3 % |