Chinese medical educators' digital literacy in an international joint medical and health programme

Jinjin Lu, Han Jiang, Si Fan

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Abstract

This study aimed to examine Chinese medical educators' ICT and digital literacy awareness in an international joint health programme. An online survey was used to investigate the Chinese medical educators' current situation and their challenges on the development of digital literacy in practice. The results show that medical educators' occupations and the lengths of usage of computers have a significant influence on the web search skills. A majority of participants are aware of digital technologies and interested in using them but fewer are confident to use them to design teaching and learning resources online (16.9%) to meet students' needs. A lack of institutional funding, insufficient ICT training programme and resources are found as major factors for enhancing Chinese medical educators' digital literacy skills. Barriers and opportunities are also discussed for arousing instructional attention in facilitating medical educators to improve their digital literacy skills.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2019 International Symposium on Educational Technology, ISET 2019
EditorsFu Lee Wang, Oliver Au, Blanka Klimova, Josef Hynek, Petra Hynek
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages77-82
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781728133874
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event2019 International Symposium on Educational Technology, ISET 2019 - Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
Duration: 2 Jul 20194 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2019 International Symposium on Educational Technology, ISET 2019

Conference

Conference2019 International Symposium on Educational Technology, ISET 2019
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityHradec Kralove
Period2/07/194/07/19

Keywords

  • Digital literacy
  • ICT competency
  • International joint programme
  • Medical educators

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