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characterize course participants; describe technological updating processes and the advances made in terms of accessibility; and identify the VCPH's relationship with the main lines of cooperation of the Pan American Health Organization.</p> <p>The VCPH has developed 210 tutored courses and 226 self-learning courses since 2007, related to the Organization鈥檚 policies. Heterogeneous use of the campus was observed in the different areas of cooperation. The number of self-learning courses conducted during the pandemic surpassed the total figure accumulated in previous years. Participants are mainly from Latin America; 67.5% are women between 26 and 45 years of age; 57.1% have a university education, mainly in nursing or medicine; half of them work in hospitals and 35.8% at the first level of care. More than 90% of the participants had a favorable opinion of the topics addressed, the learning resources offered, and the characteristics of the virtual classroom. Among difficulties, they indicated little available time and poor internet access; among advantages, they emphasized independent schedules and access to various sources of information.</p> <p>The available assessment tools are not sufficient to determine the impact of VCPH educational programs. The challenges are to deepen the accessibility and quality of education offered, strengthen links with areas of cooperation, and improve course evaluations and knowledge about VCPH users.</p> <p><strong>Access to the Special Report published in the Pan American Journal of Public Health</strong></p> <p>October, 2022</p> <p><a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/56477" target="_blank" title="https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/56477">https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/56477</a></p> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer id="footer" class="color color-primary"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="newsletter"> <div> <div id="block-porto-enlacesdeinteres"> <h2>Links of interest</h2> <div><ul> <li><a href="http://www.paho.org/en" target="_blank">Pan American Health Organization</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.who.int/" target="_blank">World Health Organization</a></li> <li><a href="http://bvsalud.org/" target="_blank">Virtual Health Library - BIREME</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div> <div id="block-porto-mesadeayuda"> <h2>Help Desk</h2> <div><ul> <li><a href="https://campus.paho.org/en/helps-tutorials">Helps and Tutorials</a></li> <li><a href="https://campus.paho.org/en/contact">Write a contact e-mail</a></li> <li><a href="https://campus.paho.org/en/faq">Frequently asked questions</a></li> <li><a href="https://campus.paho.org/en/users-panel">Users Panel</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div> <div id="block-porto-noticias"> <h2>News</h2> <div><ul> <li><a href="https://campus.paho.org/en/mas-noticias-regionales">Regional News</a></li> <li><a href="https://campus.paho.org/en/mas-noticias-paises">Countries News</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="block-porto-boletines"> <h2>Newsletters</h2> <div><ul> <li><a href="https://www.paho.org/en/health-systems-and-services/health-systems-and-services-bulletins" target="_blank">Virtual Campus and HSS</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2"> <div> <div id="block-porto-recibirinformacion"> <h2>Receive information</h2> <div><div>To receive information about courses and activities.</div> <div> </div> <div><a class="btn btn-secondary" href="https://campus.paho.org/en/sign-newsletter">Subscribe</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer-copyright"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div> <div id="block-porto-copyright" class="settings-tray-editable" data-drupal-settingstray="editable"> <div><div align="center"> <div class="rtecenter">The VCPH is under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo/deed.en" rel="license" target="_blank">Creative Commons license 3.0</a> (<strong>CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO</strong>) for Intergovernmental Organizations, except when indicated otherwise.<br>Certain courses and educational resources may be under another type of CC license.</div> <div class="rtecenter"><a href="https://campus.paho.org/en/help" target="_blank" title="Webmaster CVSP">To contact the VCPH Webmaster</a> | <a href="https://campus.paho.org/en/terms-and-conditions-use-vcph" target="_blank">Terms and conditions for the VCPH use</a> | <a href="https://campus.paho.org/en/attributions">Attributions</a></div> </div> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <script type="application/json" data-drupal-selector="drupal-settings-json">{"path":{"baseUrl":"\/","pathPrefix":"en\/","currentPath":"node\/29","currentPathIsAdmin":false,"isFront":false,"currentLanguage":"en"},"pluralDelimiter":"\u0003","suppressDeprecationErrors":true,"ajaxPageState":{"libraries":"eJxljUsOgCAMRC-EciRSmgYhlRqmLri9n6VuZ968IUA81d6E3UZkYGU7BwQJPlUC_YHDhtu3aPdwI8_moZgVlUSddHplxG8QXkMsapl0eX5qLwETLnvMBLkAqrM7mA","theme":"porto","theme_token":null},"ajaxTrustedUrl":[],"google_analytics":{"account":"G-23Y9LLLE92","trackOutbound":true,"trackMailto":true,"trackTel":true,"trackDownload":true,"trackDownloadExtensions":"7z|aac|arc|arj|asf|asx|avi|bin|csv|doc(x|m)?|dot(x|m)?|exe|flv|gif|gz|gzip|hqx|jar|jpe?g|js|mp(2|3|4|e?g)|mov(ie)?|msi|msp|pdf|phps|png|ppt(x|m)?|pot(x|m)?|pps(x|m)?|ppam|sld(x|m)?|thmx|qtm?|ra(m|r)?|sea|sit|tar|tgz|torrent|txt|wav|wma|wmv|wpd|xls(x|m|b)?|xlt(x|m)|xlam|xml|z|zip"},"user":{"uid":0,"permissionsHash":"93336dfbf72f9d002efbf024c81e26f09306d25309305f892f14563bc956d864"}}</script> <script src="/sites/default/files/js/js_un2oLtnunHnPOklYBhIsgMchgJX2I1QU0nyuFwjd1YA.js?scope=footer&delta=0&language=en&theme=porto&include=eJxdyLENwCAMBMCFSBgJGQs5RhYf4W_YPn2uPMkcbL7mUGLXmbc-wg4WAyxGkyVx6Jr1H-XFJqoFusSVPOHLPgkcH9c"></script> </body> </html>