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Govt Reveals Plans to Train 6, 000 Nurses Through E-learning
Government has revealed plans to enroll and train six thousand Nurses in the next five years through e-learning.
This came to light when Health Minister Joseph Kasonde officially launched the e-learning programme as a method of training Nurses and Midwives in Zambia in Lusaka today.
Dr. Kasonde says this means that each registered school of Nursing will have to enroll at least not less than fifty students initially and eventually increase as they gain experience.
He explains that the e-learning programme will be approached in phases starting with five schools of Nursing in Ndola, Kitwe, Mufulira, Livingstone and Chipata to pioneer it from March 2014.
Dr. Kasonde has since appealed to the Ministry of Labour who conduct the aptitude tests as well as the Examination Council of Zambia who verify results for the provisionally selected candidates to work with the General Nursing Council to ensure a successful commencement of the training for Nurses through e-learning by March 2014.
He adds that the Ministry will support the efforts of collaborating partners such as Child Fund in looking at ways of extending the use of e-learning in training general clinical officers as well.
And Child Fund Acting National Director Doras Chirwa expressed optimism that the mentorship of the training will help to rekindle the old practice where junior staff looked up to their seniors for guidance.
She says it is Child Fund’s desire that the mentorship training provides the solution to the gaps the country has witnessed in the delivery of Healthcare in Hospitals and Clinics countrywide.
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PF
February 13, 2014 at 8:02 am
Useless Government we have in Zambia.
Nursing is a very practical career.How can you train nurses online you morons!!!!!
Train your useless ministers online
Shokolokobangoshay
February 13, 2014 at 8:09 am
Does this minister Kasonde have brains at all!!!
First he wanted to distribute condoms in prisons and now e-learning for midwives.He is a medical doctor but I think even Sata as a constable did better as health minister this Runa*** Kasonde.
I miss Emmanuel Kasonde (MHSRIP) as Finance Minister he represented the brains of Mungwi, Mukosa and Malole than this imposter minister
Daniel Shawa
February 13, 2014 at 8:32 am
some courses and careers can not be pursued online. PLEASE
munangu
February 13, 2014 at 9:15 am
we hear that kambwili has been regected in luanshya and he is eyeing nchanga constituency betraying his friend simusa but what is worrying kambwili still has a lot of criminal records in chingola which people can not forget
me
February 13, 2014 at 9:33 am
I think there is a problem with our Govt….
nato
February 13, 2014 at 9:48 am
zoona!!!!!!!!!!!!
dancing
February 13, 2014 at 9:54 am
E-LEARNING-”LEARNING THAT TAKES PLACE BY MEANS OF COMPUTERS AND INTERNET”.IT CANT WORK,WORST OF TIME AND RESOURCES.
DZ
February 13, 2014 at 11:27 am
E-learning (or eLearning) is the use of electronic media and information and communication technologies (ICT) in education. E-learning is broadly inclusive of all forms of educational technology in learning and teaching. E-learning is inclusive of, and is broadly synonymous with multimedia learning, technology-enhanced learning (TEL), computer-based instruction (CBI), computer-based training (CBT), computer-assisted instruction or computer-aided instruction (CAI), internet-based training (IBT), web-based training (WBT), online education, virtual education, virtual learning environments (VLE) (which are also called learning platforms), m-learning, and digital educational collaboration. These alternative names emphasize a particular aspect, component or delivery method.
E-learning includes numerous types of media that deliver text, audio, images, animation, and streaming video, and includes technology applications and processes such as audio or video tape, satellite TV, CD-ROM, and computer-based learning, as well as local intranet/extranet and web-based learning. Information and communication systems, whether free-standing or based on either local networks or the Internet in networked learning, underly many e-learning processes.[1]
E-learning can occur in or out of the classroom. It can be self-paced, asynchronous learning or may be instructor-led, synchronous learning. E-learning is suited to distance learning and flexible learning, but it can also be used in conjunction with face-to-face teaching, in which case the term blended learning is commonly used.
kwa george
February 13, 2014 at 11:42 am
TUMFWEKO IF YOU ARE GENUINE THE CURRENT STORY IS:
IGNORE CONSTITUTION DEBATE – SATA
WHY ARE YOU NOT FEATURING THIS NATIONAL ISSUE?
IF IT WAS SOMETHING PETTY FROM THE OPPOSITION ERRORS YOU COULD HAVE.
ChiKA
February 13, 2014 at 11:44 am
LOL! As though it were a business course. With nursing the first year you have to be in class learning with books usually no practical work involved.
Second year includes clinical familiarization, for instance; learning about medication and dealing with patients [Practical Work].
Lastly, the third year is internship. Correct me if I’m wrong, but how can e-learning work with nursing honestly?
mj banda
February 13, 2014 at 12:17 pm
Bom ya Sata ni chimbwi no plan, it never stop amazing me. People are suffering, they should concentrate on spending money wisely or pay back Zambia debt.
kayula
February 13, 2014 at 12:22 pm
in zambia we did not belv a degree can be obteined thru distance. today its possible. the way you learnt yestday is not how your children will learn tomoro
Chama
February 13, 2014 at 1:38 pm
Oh my god where in the world have you heard of Nurses being trained online? Dr Kasonde you have got the concept of e-learning wrong. My heart bleeds, and this from a DOCTOR!!!
mulamu
February 13, 2014 at 2:04 pm
Bikenipo naka PBN/BSN
mulamu
February 13, 2014 at 2:05 pm
It can work well for post basic nursing/degree to msn to phd.
Observer
February 13, 2014 at 3:34 pm
Now our lives are at the edge.With alot of carnage on the roads,now it is heading right into institutions.This can not be serious.Already even the breed of those in colleges graduating now is pathetic!What more from e-learning!!!!
Maybe I should go back to my grandmothers ways.Am not safe any more.I can not risk my life in these hands.If you want to know where we are heading to,see the grade 12 results.SCARELY!!!!
Trixy
February 13, 2014 at 3:39 pm
@Observer…maybe I should also go my grandmothers ways…herbs, etc. I feel you my brother…I really do…..
Isaac
February 13, 2014 at 3:43 pm
False alarming statements and yet nonproductive, you want all pipo to be in your dirty shoes. You want pipo to be dictated by your sloven brains? You seem to have a disease which is eating you up very slowly but sure, so careful!
Trixy
February 14, 2014 at 1:30 pm
Why do some of you people fail to be objective on serious issues such as this one? This is life and death we are talking about.
Annie
February 14, 2014 at 1:32 pm
I fail to understand how some of you people cant be objective even on serious issues such as this one. This is life and death we are talking about….
Trixy
February 13, 2014 at 3:35 pm
This Government is full of dull people. Starting from the president to the Finance Minister. In the first place, why did they fire experienced nurses just to train new ones and online for that matter!! Do any of these twits know the value of experience? Moreover nursing is more of a practical job than theory…
S M
February 13, 2014 at 4:27 pm
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S M
February 13, 2014 at 4:35 pm
PF has messed up the medical profession in this country. where on earth would u find a registered nurse and other related professions getting equal salary with a registry clerk? Some cadres are not easy to train, no wonder they are always in short supply. Training them by these simple means like e-learning, distance, etc, may not be very ideal. PF revisit your so called foolish “SALARY HARMONIZATION.” Though they are called diplomas or degrees, they aren’t the same!
kayula
February 13, 2014 at 5:47 pm
my teacher taught me that everything is possible its just a matter of time. UNZA is to blame for all the ignorances we are exposing because the institution wanted to enjoy the monopoly of knowledge. if you hav TV signals and attached to health institution like clinic or hospital its very possible because there are trained health persnnel .you will like it
jamakudi
February 13, 2014 at 7:16 pm
dull chaps. I can’t stand them