[Results of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on cancer diagnosis and evaluation of its impact on the perception of the pathology specialty]

Charlotte Gardair; Guilhem Bousquet; Cédric de Bazelaire; Jaqueline Lehmann-Che; Patricia de Cremoux; Jeanne Tran Van Nhieu; Maxime Battistella; Marie Sockeel; Julien Calvani; Michel Peuchmaur; Thierry Molina; Jocelyne Gervais; Emilie Moenaert; Yohann Pottier; Laurent Prévaut; Karima Sekri; Philippe Bertheau

doi:10.1016/j.annpat.2017.02.001

[Results of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on cancer diagnosis and evaluation of its impact on the perception of the pathology specialty]

Ann Pathol. 2017 Apr;37(2):144-150. doi: 10.1016/j.annpat.2017.02.001. Epub 2017 Mar 17.

[Article in French]

Authors

Charlotte Gardair¹, Guilhem Bousquet², Cédric de Bazelaire³, Jaqueline Lehmann-Che⁴, Patricia de Cremoux⁴, Jeanne Tran Van Nhieu⁵, Maxime Battistella¹, Marie Sockeel¹, Julien Calvani¹, Michel Peuchmaur⁶, Thierry Molina⁷, Jocelyne Gervais⁸, Emilie Moenaert⁸, Yohann Pottier⁸, Laurent Prévaut⁸, Karima Sekri⁸, Philippe Bertheau⁹

Affiliations

¹ Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, 75013 Paris, France; Service d'anatomie et cytologie pathologiques, CHU Saint-Louis, AP-HP, 1, avenue Claude-Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France.
² Université Paris 13, Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, 93430 Villetaneuse, Seine-Saint-Denis, France; Service d'oncologie, CHU Avicenne, AP-HP, 93000 Bobigny, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
³ Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, 75013 Paris, France; Service de radiologie, CHU Saint-Louis, AP-HP, 75010 Paris, France.
⁴ Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, 75013 Paris, France; Unité d'oncologie moléculaire, CHU Saint-Louis, AP-HP, 75010 Paris, France.
⁵ Université Paris-Est Créteil, 94000 Créteil, Val-de-Marne, France; Département de pathologie, CHU Henri-Mondor, AP-HP, 94000 Créteil, Val-de-Marne, France.
⁶ Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, 75013 Paris, France; Service de pathologie, hôpital Robert-Debré, AP-HP, 75019 Paris, France.
⁷ Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, 75006 Paris, France; Service de pathologie, hôpital Necker, AP-HP, 75015 Paris, France.
⁸ Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, 75013 Paris, France; MédiTICE, université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, 75010 Paris, France.
⁹ Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, 75013 Paris, France; Service d'anatomie et cytologie pathologiques, CHU Saint-Louis, AP-HP, 1, avenue Claude-Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France. Electronic address: philippe.bertheau@aphp.fr.

PMID: 28318775
DOI: 10.1016/j.annpat.2017.02.001

Abstract

The Massive Open Online Course (or MOOC) "Diagnostic Strategies Cancers", was hosted in autumn 2016 on the platform "France Université Numérique" and had two levels of learners: students in the field of health and biology and the general public. Of the 5285 learners in 81 different countries, 1237 (23%) were successfully certified. This MOOC was also integrated into the teaching program of medical students of Paris Diderot University and Paris 13 University. Using anonymous questionnaires before and after MOOC, it has been shown that pathology is less known than other medical specialties. Participation in this MOOC led to a marked improvement in participants' knowledge of the place and role of the pathologist in the diagnosis of cancers. Regarding the students who have followed the MOOC as part of their university course, their comments were very positive, but it is necessary to make substantial adjustments in the amounts and contents of the campus-based courses.

Keywords: Anatomopathologie; Cancer; Internet; Massive open online course (MOOC); Medical education; Médecine; Pathology; Pédagogie; Teaching.

MeSH terms

Adult
Attitude*
Computer-Assisted Instruction*
Education, Distance*
Female
Humans
Male
Neoplasms / pathology*
Pathology, Clinical / education*