Experience in using electronic teaching aids for professional development of specialists working with pathogenic biological age
AbstractTraining of highly qualified bacteriologists, epidemiologists, zoologists, laboratory assistants working with pathogenic biological agents is a relevant objective of public healthcare and provision of biological safety of the Russian Federation. Transition to accreditation and certification of medical officers requires improvement of the content, format, and methodology of continuing professional education, including through introduction of information-and-communication technologies of training.
The aim of the study - analysis of the lessons learned from using electronic educational guides for further professional development of the specialists in the sphere of epidemiology, laboratory diagnostics and prevention of infectious diseases. Thereat, legislative, regulatory and methodological documents, publications in the field of application of electronic and remote educational tools in training bacteriologists, epidemiologists, and laboratory assistants were reviewed. The experience in using electronic educational guides (EEG) in 2016-2019, elaborated by the experts from the RusRAPI "Microbe" was summarized.
Results and discussion. We have identified the training methodology selection criteria for and optimized the training of specialists working with pathogenic biological agents. The experience in application of EEG in 2016-2019 has demonstrated the necessity and relevance of using advanced information-and-communica-tion technologies in educational process, and, consequently the development of information support - thematic electronic guides, standard operational procedures, tabletop exercises, educational videos, and instructive-methodological materials.
Conclusion. Realization of advanced educational programs using electronic teaching, distance educational technologies provides for the development of modern professional skills, knowledge, and abilities and contributes to the transition to the system of life-long learning of bacteriologists, epidemiologists, laboratory assistants, as well as professional development of zoologists.
Keywords:advanced training, pathogenic biological agents, electronic educational- methodological guides, information-and-communication educational technologies
Funding. The authors state the absence of any financial support for manuscript preparation.
Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of financial/non-financial interests associated with preparation of the manuscript.
Contribution. The concept and design of the study - Malyukova T.A.; collection and processing of material - Malyukova T.A., Shmelkova T.P.; text writing - Malyukova T.A., Shmelkova T.P.; editing - Tikhomirova L.A., Popov Yu.A.
For citation: Malyukova T.A., Shmelkova T.P., Tikhomirova L.A., Popov Yu.A. Experience in using electronic teaching aids for professional development of specialists working with pathogenic biological age. Infektsionnye bolezni: novosti, mneniya, obuchenie [Infectious Diseases: News, Opinions, Training]. 2020; 9 (3): 119-25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33029/2305-3496-2020-9-3-119-125 (in Russian)
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