The Workshop on “Emerging Technologies in Medical Education” was held at TUMS

MediTec workshop on “Emerging Technologies in Medical Education” hosted by TUMS Virtual School was held from August 31 to September 21, 2020. European and non-European MediTec partners from Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Malta, Jordan, Iran and Iraq attended this virtual event. In addition to MediTec partners, this workshop hosted participants from India, Lebanon, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and United Kingdom.

The workshop was included online webinar series and asynchronous courses at TUMS LMS, NAVID. Two days before the workshop, participants received their usernames and passwords of TUMS’ LMS (http://tumsnavid.vums.ac.ir). During the workshop, 16 lectures by national and international speakers were presented and 3 LMS activities were performed. Participants, not only had access to the workshop study guide and useful introductory presentations, but also got familiar with Iran and TUMS. During the workshop, related materials and slide presentations were uploaded in the LMS. In addition, there was the chance of participating in a forum for further discussion.

At the end, all 144 participants received their certificate of attendance online. It is worth mentioning that MediTec, Is one of Erasmus+ projects under support of European Union with the aims to support and modernize the medical education in Jordan, Iraq, and Iran by establishing innovative training centers with immersive medical learning platform and realistic simulation models in order to improve the practical and soft skills for students in medical education of target countries.