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University of the Western Cape’s School of Public Health has just released the following OER:
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OER Africa and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) have embarked on an exciting partnership to pursue collaborative activities and projects. This includes OER Africa partners submitting content and becoming peer reviewers within MedEdPORTAL, an initiative of the AAMC.
Why become involved with the MedEdPORTAL?
MedEdPORTAL is a free peer-reviewed publication service and repository for medical and oral health teaching materials, assessment tools, and faculty development resources. All copyright and patient privacy issues are addressed during the submission process so users around the globe can download and utilize any and all of the published resources for educational purposes without legal infringements.
Any medical or dental educator or learner may submit materials to be considered for publication in MedEdPORTAL.
For more details on this initiative and how OER Africa can assist you with accessing restricted MedEdPORTAL Information, please view our step-by-step guide to access and contribute OER to MedEdPORTAL. |
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OER Africa has entered into a partnership with the Global Health Informatics Partnership (GHIP), a wholly owned subsidiary of American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), to implement the Health Informatics Building Blocks (HIBBs) project. This project seeks to build workforce capacity in resource constrained environments to plan, develop, manage, and use health information and communications technology (HICT) applications, with the goal of improving the delivery of health care. HIBBs training modules focus on foundational health informatics concepts and related skills that are needed to develop and manage HICT systems in these environments. For more information about this project, visit www.oerafrica.org/hibbs.
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The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and University of Ghana (UG) launched an OER initiative within their respective Colleges of Health Sciences in late in 2008. Both universities, in partnership with University of Michigan, have created documentaries to share their experiences with OER over the past couple years. These films feature interviews with faculty, staff, and students involved in OER activities at UG and KNUST and focus on the motivation for producing OER, the impact of OER on health science education, and their plans for using OER to advance health education.
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Whether you are a faculty member looking for content to include in a lecture or a student looking for supplemental learning materials, Open Educational Resources (OER) has something to offer everyone.
The African Health OER Network website is an excellent starting point for OER exploration. Here you can find materials ranging from interactive learning modules on topics such as Buruli Ulcer Disease and Clinical Microbiology to a 220-page Urogynaecology textbook, all provided by our partners. Other great places to search for health sciences content include OER Commons, OCW Consortium, DiscoverEd, and Folksemantic.
Maybe you only need a couple of images to add to a lecture or assignment? Then, check out the Patrick Lynch collection of medical illustrations on Wikimedia Commons or the Bassett Collection of human anatomy images from Stanford University. These are just two of many collections that feature Creative Commons licensed content. For a handy list of open content repositories, browse the African Health OER list of repositories or the wiki on the Open.Michigan website. Some repositories, such as Flickr, contain a mixture of openly-licensed and all rights reserved content. In these situations, look for the "advanced search" feature, which will allow you to restrict your search to openly-licensed material.
Remember that even though the content is openly-licensed, you still need to properly cite the source. |
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OER Africa has developed a guide for OER creators to obtain consent from patients who participate in an OER project. The guide covers general ethical principles to consider as well the importance of obtaining consent in line with the cultural context within which one is working. Click here to download the ethical consent guide. To share your ideas about additional issues to consider, please email us at healthoer@oerafrica.org |
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