Session: Innovations in distance learning in maternal and child health analytic training

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

3015.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Oral

Innovations in distance learning in maternal and child health analytic training

Distance learning has become commonplace in both formal and informal public health education. Distance-based methods offer the potential to expand the audience for MCH training and to improve access to training options for students. Successful deployment of distance-based programs, however, need to account for best-practices and lessons learned to avoid expensive unintended consequences and incomplete/inefficient training. This session is devoted to examining the experience of recent MCH analytic methods training programs in using on-line, distance-based methods to deliver content, and to discuss the potential expansion of MCH analytic training programs to distance-based platforms.

Learning Objectives: Through engaging attendees in this session, participants can be expected to:
1. Understand the benefits and limitations of distance-based methods for implementing MCH analytic training programs
2. Critique various modes of delivery of training content via distance-based methods
3. Identify salient features in creating successful learning environments on-line

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organizer(s):

Ann Dozier, PhD
Timothy D Dye, PhD

Moderator(s):

Ann Dozier, PhD
Timothy D Dye, PhD

8:30 AM

Biting and chewing: Lessons learned from designing online data and technical skills self-instructional training
Anita M. Farel, DrPH, Sarah Paliulis, Sarah E. Pfau, MPH

8:50 AM

Distance Learning Certificate in Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology
Carol Hogue, PhD, MPH, Karen N. Bell, MPH

9:10 AM

Promise of distance learning in maternal and child health epidemiology education
Timothy D Dye, PhD

9:30 AM