pros and cons of distance learning in health informatics

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Permalink Reply by Athar Haque on February 5, 2009 at 11:21pm

If you have sufficient time then pursue Full time course. If you are busy with your profession, i suggest www.ehcfsmi.edu.in
Regards

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Permalink Reply by Sandhya on February 6, 2009 at 1:02am

Hello Sir
Thanks a lot for the information. Do you offer any full time courses or courses of longer duration?

Sandhya

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Permalink Reply by Athar Haque on February 6, 2009 at 6:11am

I am sorry. No. Regards

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Permalink Reply by Arthur Masoha on March 18, 2009 at 11:01pm

I am looking for an online MSc that is reasonably priced and flexible. Can anyone help?

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Permalink Reply by Sanjoy Sanyal on March 19, 2009 at 7:01pm

Arthur,
You can try Faculty of Healthcare Informatics, University of Bath, UK;
http://www.bath.ac.uk/catalogues/2002-2003/xx/hcipcat-pg.htm

and Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. http://www.rcsed.ac.uk

I did my MSc in Health Informatics from these places. That time these two organizations jointly conducted the course. Now, RCSEd has teamed up with University of Edinburgh

Hope this helps.

Dr Sanjoy Sanyal

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Permalink Reply by Arthur Masoha on March 25, 2009 at 1:45am

Dr Sanyal,

Thank you very much. I looked at the Edinburg program. It is very flexible although cost is still a worry for a developing country person.

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Permalink Reply by Brian on September 3, 2009 at 11:18am

Hi Sanjoy,

I am thinking about the Edinburgh course. Do you recommend it? Is it useful for someone practicing in the NHS?

Many thanks for any info you have for me!

Brian

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Permalink Reply by Sanjoy Sanyal on March 19, 2009 at 6:42pm

Sandhya,
I presume there are 2 parts to your qs; one is about distance learning, and the other is about full time course
The second part has been adequately answered by Dr Athar Haque.
I am addressing the first part of your question - about distance learning.

The pros and cons of DL are determined by individual learning characteristics of people. People with a certain set of learning characteristics find DL suitable. On the other hand, people with correspondingly opposing set of characteristics find face-to-face learning suitable.

I have published a full research paper on this subject, but I don't want to bother you with reading the full 66-page paper! Instead I have attached a small file to this message that will help you to determine your suitability (or otherwise) for distance learning.

Hope this helps

Dr Sanjoy Sanyal

Attachments:

• 2_Analysis_Pros-Cons DL.doc, 31 KB

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Permalink Reply by Sandhya on April 18, 2009 at 7:22pm

Hello Sir
Thanks a lot for the information and the document.

Sandhya

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Permalink Reply by jack on October 22, 2009 at 4:20am

Hello Sanjoy,

Your article is pretty good.Where can i find full version of your paper?

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Permalink Reply by Younus on April 18, 2009 at 8:49pm

Dear sandhya,

Here in india, we have a full time Msc medical informatics course running In Amrita institute of medical sciences, Kochi,kerala.for further details you may call up Dr. Kumar Menon, incharge medical informatics program, on following number 00919946108200

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Permalink Reply by Dwayne Carter on June 23, 2009 at 1:12pm

Pros:
1. Online nursing informatics programs are now better than ever. Instructors are now specially trained for distance teaching and presentations, and technology has come a long way.
2. Cost, time, and distance are often the three biggest advantages. Work full time while you learn.
Cons:
1. Cons include more motivation is needed to complete the degree, as well as a strong personal drive to eliminate distractions at home while studying.
2. No human interaction with classmates.

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