COURSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USAGE AT
A LOCAL MEDICAL COLLEGE: AMEANS TO
DIMINISH TUITION INCREASE.
Reviews of Progress, (July 2013)Abstract
There are inadequate researches on online medical education.
The premise of this paper was to keep stakeholders aware of the need for
online medical program using existing course management system and
resources they ready have to offer the two years basic sciences online
courses. The goal of this research was to assess course content manage
system's current usage between faculty and students at colleges. A data
from a course management system was used to gather usage of faculty
members and students from different colleges. Data suggested that more
than 80% of universities and colleges in the U.S. used content
management system since 2003. The cost of attending medical college in
the U.S. continues to skyrocket. With the existence of web-enhanced
courses and technology on campus and the approval of accreditation
agencies, medical colleges can start an online program without
additional cost in technology. In other for medical schools to diminish the
cost of tuition, medical colleges need to offer all the basic science courses
online. Online courses would allow students to complete the entire first to
two years course requirements without going to campus. The remaining
two years would be devoted heavily on clinical rotations.