[Moodle] Fwd: Moodle: forum digest

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Interesting use of Moodle in the medical area. Thought you might be
interested how it is being used in areas outside of Education.

Regards Roland


Moodle in healthcare
> by Timothy Jobson <http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=409046&course=5> -
> Sunday, 30 March 2008, 08:25 AM
>
> We have implemented Moodle in a healthcare environment - we need both
> learning management and course  management functionality, but budgets are
> tight - hence Moodle. It has been a dramatic success - in just 6 months we
> have a site with 800 users, 90 resources and 60 lessons - lots more in
> progress / under development.
>
> We have 4 key areas of focus - mandatory update for staff (moving away
> from the classroom); patient safety (with mandatory lessons for key clinical
> staff especially trainees); postgraduate medical education; and clinical IT
> training. We are planning to move into other areas soon.
>
> Is anyone else doing similar?
>
> Tim
>
> I am clinical lead for IT in an acute hospital (serving 350,000 pop) - our
> Moodle installation covers healthcare domains across the whole county (5
> organisations, >8k employees!)
>



-- 
Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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