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Richard Heller, Gracia Fellmeth, Terence Harrison Steve Fabricant & Jessica Sheringham

Richard Heller, Gracia Fellmeth, Terence Harrison Steve Fabricant & Jessica Sheringham. Internet based public health capacity building for developing countries: People's Open Access Education Initiative. Develop public health capacity in low income countries Keep costs very low using

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Richard Heller, Gracia Fellmeth, Terence Harrison Steve Fabricant & Jessica Sheringham

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  1. Richard Heller, Gracia Fellmeth, Terence Harrison Steve Fabricant & Jessica Sheringham Internet based public health capacity building for developing countries: People's Open Access Education Initiative

  2. Develop public health capacity in low income countries Keep costs very low using open educational resources open source delivery mechanisms volunteers Position outside (but in collaboration with) traditional university system Ideas behind the Peoples-uni

  3. Peoples-uni: History URL created Module pilot 1st semester 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Charity status

  4. First semester’s students • Educational experience • Medical degree 46 • Other Health degree 34 • Other non-health degree 30 • No degree 7 • Postgraduate degree (in addition to any above) 25 • Current occupation* • Public Health worker 48 • Mainly clinician 56 • Student 4 • Academic 7 • (*2 no answer)‏

  5. How did we do? Student feedback Commend to others? Relevant to job? More modules? Diploma/ MSc?

  6. How did they do? First semester pass rate

  7. 2010: where we are now • 4th semester: 13 modules; 6 in preparation • ~ 100 active volunteers, working as: • Trustees • International advisory group • QA, IT, Operations groups • Course delivery & development teams • Education officers

  8. Semester 1, 2010 (86 volunteers)

  9. Semester 1, 2010 (143 students)

  10. Public Health Problems Communicable diseases Disaster management & emergency planning HIV/AIDS Maternal Mortality Preventing child mortality Public Health nutrition Patient safety Modules (4 =Certificate; 8 = Diploma; Masters to require two reports+ dissertation) • Foundation Sciences • Biostatistics • Introduction to Epidemiology • Evidence Based Practice • Health economics • Inequalities and SDH • Public Health concepts for policy makers (F+S)

  11. Case study: Using Moodle to deliver Evidence Based Practice • Module follows Peoples-Uni template: • 5 topics (2 weeks each) • Online facilitation by volunteer tutors following facilitators guide • Automated application and enrollment process http://courses.peoples-uni.org/course/applications.php • MCQs available during module • Assessed assignment after module • Automated records & creation of academic transcripts

  12. Student activity report: example

  13. Facilitating on People’s Uni: experiences and challenges • Learning from vastly diverse student experiences & cultures • Students also have wide range of abilities: pitching it right • Maintaining quantity and quality of discussion throughout entire module • Stimulating postings (dealing with online ‘silences’!) • Tried realtime chat, but timezones & connectivity problems • Learning Moodle’s capabilities ourselves whilst… • Appreciating limitations faced by our students: • Access to online materials • Limited bandwidth, computer access • Extremely challenging day jobs

  14. New modules Avoiding blindness, Chronic disease, Evaluation of interventions Environmental health, Climate change Research methods module(s)/certificate in planning stage with Journal of Clinical Epidemiology and Afro-European Medical and Research Network (AEMRN)‏ Institutional partnerships Seeking accreditation or double badging Peoples-Uni developments

  15. Student experience: developments • Separate CPD and academic award streams • Upgrade to Masters in Public Health to start semester 2, 2010 • More structure to resources and discussions • Improve information to create realistic expectations among the students • Charge fees as condition of enrolment ($50 US per module charged)

  16. Collaboration and partnerships essential Local relevance of education Local credibility Add value not compete Institutional Double badge awards Internet access centres Individual Course module developers On-line facilitators Moodle support Peoples-uni and Partnerships

  17. Interested in collaborating? Individuals: developing modules, facilitators, Moodle support Institutions: jointly develop & deliver courses of mutual interest Ideas for using Moodle to best effect inPeople’s Uni context? talented, committed, global student base diverse range of experiences, cultures limited IT access/experience, time Advice on issues currently facing us, eg system for co-authoring remotely how to communicate (for free) in real time how to avoid drop off in discussion postings Our questions to you

  18. Peoples-uni’s 'social model' approach can contribute to Public Health capacity-building in low/middle-income countries work in other academic areas All collaboration welcome. Please join in or make suggestions More information: http://peoples-uni.org rfheller@peoples-uni.org jsheringham2004@yahoo.co.uk, Terence.Harrison@mh.org.au Finally

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