The nightmare of logistics

For many higher education institutions, logistics remain the biggest obstacle to providing interprofessional education. The students are scattered between institutions, at different locations on placements or have timetables leaving little space for other activities than the occasional lunch.

At the University of Tromso, Norway, all health care students are studying within the same Department of health, and yet, no more than pilots of interprofessional clinical encounters have been possible to arrange.

I have suggested that all studies should have one designated day every few weeks available for participation in different projects, but so far no good.

Here is where e-learning may be a possible solution. But what is e-learning?

Here is a link trying to explain:

http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/guide/introduction-to-elearning