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    Creating a model module for the novel resource DMU e-Parasitology.

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    DMU eParasitology paper ICERI 2017.pdf (481.9Kb)
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    2017-11-18
    Author
    Pena-Fernandez, A.;
    Ollero, M. D.;
    Fenoy, S.;
    Magnet, A.;
    Izquierdo, F.;
    Pena, M. A.;
    Bornay, F.;
    Acosta, L.;
    Parker, L. A.;
    Sgamma, Tiziana;
    del Aguila, C.
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    Abstract
    The study of parasitology has become essential to build future health care professionals with skills to respond to public health threats such as the recent outbreaks due to Cryptosporidium spp. or Giardia in the United Kingdom (UK). To facilitate the teaching of parasitology, which negligible across the different undergraduate and taught masters degrees at De Montfort University (DMU, Leicester, UK), a group from different EU Universities [DMU and the Spanish universities: University of San Pablo CEU (USP-CEU) and University Miguel Hernández], clinicians and practising Biomedical Scientists from the UK National Health Service are developing an on-line package for teaching and learning parasitology named DMU e-Parasitology. This package will have three sections or modules: a theoretical module with mini e-learning units to study major human parasites such as Leishmania spp. or malaria; a virtual laboratory module with units to enhance the learning and study of parasitic diseases such as culture of parasites, staining and use of light microscope to identify these organisms or molecular techniques for the identification of parasites to species level; and a virtual microscope with a real slide collection of clinical samples of parasites. The e-Parasitology resource is being created for undergraduate/postgraduate human health science students, with corresponding degrees of difficulty. Units will include a tool to assess the learning process of the students, in form of a quiz, activity and/or exam, and several formative activities throughout each mini-module. The development of this teaching resource will cover a gap in the traditional teaching and learning methods that are currently used and provided in the participating Universities. The DMU e-Parasitology will aid to our undergraduate students to gain a significant knowledge in parasitology by promoting self-learning. A unit related with Toxocara, a helmintiasis with prevalence rates that can reach as high as 40% or more in different parts of the world, was firstly developed to use as a model for the development of the DMU e-Parasitology. Three undergraduate students that studied parasitology during the first term in 2016/17 [n=27; 6 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System credits (ECTS); 3rd year module] from the bilingual Pharmacy and Biotechnology degree at USP-CEU were voluntarily recruited to provide comprehensive feedback for this model unit at the beginning of the second term. This unit was tested with these students because of their comprehensive knowledge of parasitology. Students described it as interactive and presenting the appropriate content and resources to study the parasitic disease addressed (toxocariasis). Limitations were the poor navigability in the formative exercise section and the excessive information provided in some slides that could hinder their understanding. The team has addressed these limitations and is using this unit as a model to build the DMU e-Parasitology, which will be accessible through the DMU website (http://parasitology.dmu.ac.uk) in 2018. We consider that this teaching and learning resource will overcome barriers of time, space, equipment and resources; and may help students and scientists around the world in the diagnostic of different parasitic diseases that impact human health.
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    Citation : Peña-Fernández, A. et al. (2017) Creating a model module for the novel resource DMU e-Parasitology. In: Proceedings of the 10th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Seville, November 2017. Valencia: IATED, pp. 1599-1604
    URI
    https://library.iated.org/view/PENAFERNANDEZ2017CRE
    http://hdl.handle.net/2086/15175
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2017.0502
    ISBN : 9788469769577
    ISSN : 2340-1095
    Research Group : Infectious Disease Research Group
    Research Institute : Institute for Allied Health Sciences Research
    Research Institute : Leicester Institute for Pharmaceutical Innovation - From Molecules to Practice (LIPI)
    Peer Reviewed : Yes
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