Challenges of E-learning in Medical Sciences: a Review Article

Extention of knowledge and informations is given new meaning to the concept of education. One of The most important reasons for the use of e-learning in medical education are that learning done by the learner own. This method facilitates their Individualized education programs. This study introduced about the challenges and solutions for the achievement of e-learning in medical education.
This is a review article that was implemented a comprehensive review using the World Wide Web. The databases were used such as Medline, Ovid, ProQuest, and PubMed and by the key words “e-learning, educational challenges and medical education” in Persian and English languages. Of the 80 founded articles, 30 articles were chosen related to the objective.
Researchs show that e-learning despite of advantages and wide applications have chalenges, including the lack of implementation by lecturer due to lack of knowledge of its functioning, the fading role of lecturer, lack of expertise in its application, fear of its application, special cultural beliefs and insufficient resources can be cited.
It is nessessory to be considerd to establish standards and substractures for achieving the implementation of e-learning in medical medical education. Beacause to inexperience of universities of medical sciences in Iran comparison with other universities in around the world, so suggested to use from experiences of the master countries. Also helding the workshops base e-learning can be effective.