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Active Learning for Digital Transformation in Healthcare Education, Training and Research
- 1st Edition - September 6, 2023
- Editors: Miltiadis Lytras, Cristina Vaz De Almeida
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 2 4 8 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 2 4 9 - 8
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Request a sales quoteActive Learning for Digital Transformation in Healthcare Education, Training and Research discusses the potential of advanced training of health professionals as a contributing factor to improve treatment outcomes. By reading this book, professionals who deal with patients with low health literacy will be prepared to promote better access to digital tools, understand the habits of users of health services, and empower engagement. The book contains a set of techniques and instruments associated with health literacy, communication skills and personal development that will enable their application in good daily practices and assist healthcare professionals to promote digital transformation to patients.
This is a valuable resource for researchers, graduate students and healthcare professionals who are interested in learning more about how they can be an effective agent of change in healthcare.
- Discusses the potential of patient education through the training of health professionals to improve patient engagement and adherence to treatment
- Presents techniques from real-world examples to demonstrate the efficacy of better communication between health professionals and patients, especially in the digital medicine era
- Outlines digital tools that can be used to strengthen the healthcare professional-patient relationship
Researchers and graduate students in medical informatics, healthcare professionals, Researchers and graduate students in life sciences
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter 1: Active learning in healthcare education, training, and research: A digital transformation primer
- Abstract
- 1: Foundations of active learning
- 2: A roadmap for implementation of active learning strategy in higher education
- 3: Key challenges for healthcare education
- 4: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 2: The strength of digital transition in higher education as a success factor
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Social visibilities and invisibilities
- 3: Dead end, one-way street, or hybrid path under construction?
- 4: Ready for the digital transition of higher education?
- 5: Conclusion
- 6: Active learning sections
- References
- Chapter 3: Support of educational videos to improve the knowledge of health professionals
- Abstract
- 1: Strategies facilitating communication in health
- 2: Training of health professionals
- 3: Stages of education
- 4: Digital health literacy: Revolutionize the way users achieve higher levels of health knowledge
- 5: Educational strategy: Follow an audiovisual pedagogical technique
- 6: Methodology
- 7: Results and discussion
- 8: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4: The HOPE project—A case study on the development of a serious game to increase pediatric cancer patients’ motivation
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Methodology
- 3: Results
- 4: Discussion
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 5: Mindfulness techniques in the education of oral health professionals for the prevention and better management of stress
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Stress level assessment instrument for oral health professionals
- 3: Non-pharmacological strategies/tools for stress management
- 4: Stress triggers
- 5: Conclusion
- 6: Added information (active learning)
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 6: Caring for a woman's sleep through interpersonal teaching in proximity medicine consultations
- Abstract
- 1: The importance of sleep
- 2: Women's sleep
- 3: Sleep interventions
- 4: Health literacy and communication
- 5: Conclusion
- 6: Active learning sections
- References
- Chapter 7: “Digital neurotic library”—A contribution to health literacy
- Abstract
- Graphical Abstract
- References
- Chapter 8: Young people and health literacy: The digital influence
- Abstract
- 1: Background
- 2: Methods
- 3: Discussion
- 4: Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 9: School-based interventions using media technologies to promote health behavior change and active learning about nutrition: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Method
- 3: Results
- 4: Conclusions
- 5: Active learning
- Annex 1
- References
- Chapter 10: Positive psychology's role in the training of health professionals: Looking into the future
- Abstract
- 1: The future of education: Global perspectives
- 2: Tackling healthcare education
- 3: Positive psychology: A science of individual and relational strengths
- 4: Intertwining physical and psychological well-being: A model for positive health
- 5: Positive psychology interventions for positive health education
- 6: In conclusion: A foresight for health education
- 7: Five active learning sections
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 11: Public health communication for seniors: E-health, enabling and empowerment
- Abstract
- 1: Present-day communication
- 2: Health communication and challenges in aging societies
- 3: E-health + literacy = more able and included seniors?
- 4: Empowerment and enabling of seniors: A path to be followed
- 5: Conclusions
- 6: Active learning sections
- References
- Chapter 12: Health communication training of health professionals: From theory to practice
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Main approach
- 3: Literature review
- 4: Discussion
- 5: Conclusion and recommendations
- 6: Active learning sections
- References
- Chapter 13: Nursing advanced training: Person-centeredness and technology for innovative pedagogy
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Supporting the person and the caregiver: Challenges to be addressed in Advanced Practice Nursing for sustainable healthcare systems
- 3: Person-centered curriculum
- 4: The value of research in nursing curricula and pedagogy based on the best evidence
- 5: Digital health in Advanced Practice Nursing
- 6: Innovative interaction strategies in nursing training
- 7: Active learning sections
- 8: Synthesizing: From Advanced Pratice Nursing to nursing advanced training
- 9: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 14: Next generation healthcare education and research: Utilizing the talent, skills, and competencies for value-based healthcare
- Abstract
- 1: Healthcare education and research
- 2: Talent, skills, and competencies management for value-based healthcare
- 3: Conclusions
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 300
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 6, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443152481
- eBook ISBN: 9780443152498
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Miltiadis Lytras
Miltiadis D. Lytras is an expert in advanced computer science and management, editor, lecturer, and research consultant, with extensive experience in academia and the business sector in Europe and Asia. Dr. Lytras is a Research Professor at Deree College - The American College of Greece and a Distinguished Scientist at the King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dr. Lytras is a world-class expert in the fields of cognitive computing, information systems, technology enabled innovation, social networks, computers in human behavior, and knowledge management. In his work, Dr. Lytras seeks to bring together and exploit synergies among scholars and experts committed to enhancing the quality of education for all.
Affiliations and expertise
Effat University, Saudi Arabia, and American College of GreeceCD
Cristina Vaz De Almeida
Cristina Vaz de Almeida is a PhD Researcher, expert on health literacy. Director of Post-Graduate studies in Health Literacy (ISPA). Coordinator and author of several books, chapters, articles in health literacy, health communication, social marketing, health marketing. Invited professor at several universities in Portugal, editor, lecturer, and research consultant, with extensive experience in coordination a teaching advanced training in health literacy in several health organizations and academia since 2011. In 2022, she was nominated member of the standard committee for the International Health Literacy Association (IHLA) as the only Portuguese-speaker researcher in the committee.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Professor, Institute of Applied Psychology (ISPA), Portugal