E-learning for health professionals, Latin America

Area Partners Project responsible Duration Project budget WDF contribution Project number

Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico PAHO, Ministries of Health et al. Dr. A. Barceló June 2007 - June 2009 USD 428,600 USD 397,000 WDF06-215

Objective

To improve diabetes knowledge and caring skills among health professionals through e-learning.

Expected impact

• Increased diabetes knowledge and skills in trained health professionals facilitating high quality care to people with diabetes
• Increased knowledge about diabetes and better self-management skills among people with diabetes who are served by the trained health professionals
• The e-learning course proves to be an effective educational tool and results are widely disseminated

Additional information on the project can be found here.

This page was last updated 11-9-2007 by sfh.wdf