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Midwifery Education Introduce the Internet of Things

The Faculty of Health Studies, University of Rijeka in Croatia introduced a new course called Evidence based midwifery (EBM) for the university study course of Midwifery in 2015. The learning objectives of the course are improving medical education using evidence based medical databases researches and introducing the emerging category of the Internet of Things (IoT). The goal is to follow the improvement and frequency use of e-health tools by students during the next five years. At the basic level the course instructors introduced students to the definition, origin and purpose of evidence-based medicine, evidence-based midwifery and highlighting e-health applications as up-and-coming tools in midwifery. Through the course various examples of IoT in midwifery are provided to explain how e-health tools works providing smarter and more efficient experiences to users (patients). At the beginning of the course no one of the 25 students were introduced to EBM and no one student know what IoT means (N=25) and have never used an e-health tool. All midwifery students (N=25) were for the first time introduced in using e-health tools for patients: surveillance of expectant mothers (1), controlling medicines (2), baby monitoring (3) and reminder bottles (4). Students used individually a tool for surveillance based on monitoring conditions of expectant mothers at home and in hospitals on their Smartphone (N=17). All students learned how to use e-health tools improving patients’ surveillance. All students who attended the course expressed their satisfaction with the new gained knowledge in the field of medical informatics. The integration of real world application of IoT into midwifery education is a very important topic improving students’ knowledge and ICT skills.

Education ; Internet ; Medical Informatics ; Midwifery

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