Open educational resources for medical community

Abstract

The study reveals the great importance of open educational resources (OER) in the field of medical education and scientific activity. Objective. To develop an “OER navigator for medical community”, containing metadata of information resources with open free access. These resources are intended for use in curricula at all stages of medical education, in scientific activities and self-education. At the present stage, the social significance of education in terms of the world concept of “sustainable development” is defined as the most important component and means of survival for civilization (UNESCO). In medicine, with its special mission to preserve the health of the population, the urgent task consists in the training of highly qualified personnel. Close connection of the future of mankind with the processes of digitalization determines the availability of information resources and the use of modern technologies as key aspects of the organization of educational processes. The analysis of the scientific literature and the study of the experience of OER application revealed that OER represent an important tool in the information support of the scientific and educational sphere. OER contribute to forming a personal educational environment, learning continuously and improving skills worldwide, in perpetuity and regardless of financial capabilities. The amount of data presented on the Internet is huge, therefore, the search for necessary information takes a significant amount of time. The developed Navigator (http://lib-os.ru/obrazovatelnye-resursy/navigator-oor-medicinskogo-soobshhestva/) provides meta-data of information resources with open free access, thereby allowing representatives of the medical community at all levels of education and research to quickly and effectively find reliable scientific data and peer-reviewed sources of information.