{"id":3064,"date":"2019-11-25T03:41:30","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T03:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fetalradiology.in\/?p=3064"},"modified":"2019-11-25T03:41:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T03:41:31","slug":"mobile-learning-as-an-integral-part-of-samrakshan-iria-national-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fetalradiology.co.in\/?p=3064","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Learning as an Integral Part of Samrakshan IRIA national program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Authors<\/b>: Ramesh Shenoy<\/span>, Rijo M Choorakuttil<\/span>, Rajalingam Bavaharan<\/span>, Palanisamy Devarajan<\/span>, Praveen K Nirmalan for the Samrakshan Team <\/span><\/p>\n

Running Title:<\/b> Mobile Learning <\/span><\/p>\n

Author Affiliations<\/b><\/p>\n

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  1. Ramesh S Shenoy,  Consultant Radiologist, Lisie Hospital, Ernakulam, Kerala, India <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Rijo M Choorakuttil, National Coordinator for Samrakshan IRIA, AMMA Center for Diagnosis and Preventive Medicine, Kochi, Kerala, India  <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Rajalingam Bavaharan, Fetocare Magnum Imaging and Diagnostics, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Palanisamy Devarajan, Nethra Scans and Genetic Clinic, Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, India<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Praveen K Nirmalan, Chief Research Mentor, AMMA ERF, AMMA Center for Diagnosis and Preventive Medicine, Kochi, Kerala, India<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Corresponding Author:<\/b> Rijo M Choorakuttil, National Coordinator for Samrakshan IRIA, AMMA Center for Diagnosis and Preventive Medicine, Kochi, Kerala, India. E-mail: <\/span>rijomc@gmail.com<\/span><\/a>   <\/span><\/p>\n

    Key words<\/span><\/i>: Mobile Learning, Education, Samrakshan IRIA, Fetal Radiology, India<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Mobile Learning (mLearning) can be defined as learning across multiple contexts, including social and content interactions, using personal portable electronic devices. [1] mLearning can thus be considered to include educational interventions using handheld, mobile devices connected through wireless connections to deliver educational content to healthcare professionals in order to remove the constraints of physical infrastructure, distance and time from learning and teaching. The construct of mLearning covers educational approaches, concepts, methods and technologies [2]. <\/span><\/p>\n

    In 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) had estimated a shortage of 2.6 million doctors worldwide exacerbated by migration from rural to urban areas within countries and migration between countries. [3,4] An important influence on the disproportionate distribution of health care professionals is the mismatch of content of training programs with the necessary skills, competencies, and experience for the context in which trainees will work [5]. Focused information and communication technologies (ICT) are increasingly recognized as platforms that can build robust, dynamic education and training platforms for health professionals addressing relevance and quality. [6,7]<\/span><\/p>\n

    Samrakshan is a nationwide program of IRIA that aims to reduce perinatal mortality in India. The program envisages a holistic and synergistic approach with other programs and approaches in India that are working towards reducing perinatal mortality with a proactive approach by fetal radiologists in India. Samrakshan aims to scale up the use of trimester specific Doppler studies that can help estimate risk for pre eclampsia and fetal growth restriction on an individual basis using a competing risk Bayesian model based algorithm. [8,9]  Samrakshan identified three immediate priorities for the scale up a) Standardizing definitions and protocols for pre eclampsia and fetal growth restriction b) Standardizing Doppler protocols including image quality and interpretations and c) improving use of the Bayesian model based algorithms for risk estimation at an individual level. <\/span><\/p>\n

    A SWOT analysis was performed to identify potential strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to the scale up at the national level.  The SWOT analysis is presented in brief. <\/span><\/p>\n

    The identified strengths included (but not limited to)<\/span><\/p>\n