The Medical Virtual University of Monaco launches its 1st e-learning medical session
Since its creation in 2008, the Medical Virtual University of Monaco has set itself the target to answer the increasing demand of high level medical formation, according the e-learning method.
The opening of its first course "online" (www.umvm.net) dedicated to sickle-cell anaemia has just been launched during a conference at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco, this Wednesday, March 30 in the auditorium Camille Blanc.
The Learning Management System (LMS) proposes a pallet of tools and functionalities that are made available to the learner. In addition to the theoretical courses, the course presents clinical case studies together with new diagnostic and therapeutic techniques. These multimedia courses are provided by experts in the discipline.
UMVMM, the Medical Virtual University of Monaco, is not intended to replace medical schools. It provides additional training in specific domains for professionals who are already board certified or board eligible. The e-learning training modules qualify practitioner for Continuous Medical Education (CME) credits.
Sickle cell disease, or sickle-cell anaemia (drepanocytosis), is a genetic disease characterized by the mutation of haemoglobin, the protein that transports oxygen in the blood. Without prevention and as a result of the lack of early detection, sickle cell disease is a serious illness that affects several million people in the world every year according to the WHO. Despite this fact, it remains one of the least well-known diseases, not only among governments and the general public but also among health-care professionals. Today, sickle cell disease is the most commonly encountered and most widespread genetic disease in the world. It can no longer be ignored by practitioners.
In France, about 10,000 people are affected. Whilst the disease was almost totally unknown in mainland. France thirty years ago, it now exists in most urban regions. This disease is one of the 30 diseases for which treatment is fully covered by French social security.
The course, coordinated by Professor Graham Serjeant who has worked on the disease for over 40 years in Jamaica, draws together the combined experience of many contemporary workers. The course is designed for workers who are not experts in sickle cell disease but who provide or will provide services for such patients.
The International Virtual University – Medical Campus of Monaco was created at the request of HSH the Prince Albert II and HRH the Princess of Hanover. It has the backing of the Princess Grace Foundation and is the initiative of Professor Philippe Évrard and Mr Lionel Draon. This creation is in response to the growing demand for high-level international medical training.
