LINKÖPING, Sweden, Oct. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mexican
university UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) will
provide medical education using the international medical imaging
IT and cybersecurity company Sectra's (STO: SECT B)
cloud-based teaching platform. The online platform enables
interactive medical teaching with real-life clinical cases and can
be accessed by thousands of students and teachers from any
location.
"We were looking for a solution that could facilitate
interactive learning among our students. Now, during the COVID-19
pandemic, it is more important than ever to also be able to teach
remotely and for students to benefit from online learning," says
Dr. Germán Fajardo Dolci, Dean of
the Faculty of Medicine at UNAM and President of ALAFEM/UDUAL
(Asociación Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Facultades y Escuelas de
Medicina/Unión de Universidades de América Latina y el Caribe).
UNAM is top-rated in the QS World University Rankings in
Latin America and is among the 30
largest universities in the world with approximately 360,000
students of whom 13,000 are medical students. It also leads the
largest research center in Latin
America and runs medical practices in over 60 hospitals
around Mexico. In the first phase
of this project, Sectra's solution will be used for about 3,000
students and will eventually be used across various departments to
support learning at all stages throughout their medical education.
The teaching platform, Sectra Education Portal, is a cloud-based
Software-as-a-Service solution that educational institutions can
use to prepare lectures based on their own cases or use already
quality assured clinical cases from the Sectra library. It also
enables remote teaching and learning as preparations and lessons
can be carried out online by the teachers, and students can study
cases on their own computers, tablets or smartphones. In connection
with classes and studying at the campus, teachers and students at
UNAM will also be able to use large, immersive and interactive
touch screens, Sectra Boards and Sectra Tables.
"Our students will now have the opportunity to interact with
real-life clinical data already during their education, which is a
powerful way of learning and preparing for medical practice. With
Sectra's solution, we will also be able to connect our own
faculties, campuses, teachers and students in an efficient way,
while at the same time become part of a worldwide network sharing
cases with each other. We are very proud to provide this
state-of-the-art technology to our students," says Dr. Fajardo.
"We are very excited and honored to work together with UNAM to
help thousands of students increase their clinical understanding.
We see a very strong interest among leading educational
institutions to give students hands-on experience of clinical
imaging throughout their education as a complement to traditional
teaching tools, and we can see that their students really
appreciate it," says Johan Carlegrim, General Manager for Sectra
Medical Education.
The solution was sold by Sectra's distribution partner in
Mexico, TAQ Sistemas Médicos.
More information about Sectra Education Portal:
medical.sectra.com/product/sectra-education-portal/
About Sectra
Sectra assists hospitals throughout the world to enhance the
efficiency of care, universities and institutions to boost medical
education and authorities and defense forces in Europe to protect society's most sensitive
information. Thereby, Sectra contributes to a healthier and safer
society. The company was founded in 1978, has its head office in
Linköping, Sweden, with direct
sales in 19 countries, and operates through partners worldwide.
Sales in the 2019/2020 fiscal year totaled SEK 1,661 million. The Sectra share is quoted on
the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange. For more information, visit
sectra.com.
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Torbjörn
Kronander
President and CEO
Sectra AB
+46-(0)-705-23-52-27
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