Lecturio, a Germany-based technology company, has forged alliances with approximately 40 universities and colleges in Nigeria and other African countries to alleviate medical education challenges across the continent. Through these partnerships, Nigerian institutions can now access their own tailor-made courses and curricula. The company also emphasizes supporting educators and empowering them with capacity training opportunities.
In a statement, the company’s Director of institutional partnerships, Dr. Lutze Mukke, said, “In Africa, we have established collaborations with approximately 40 universities and colleges through institutional alliances so far. We are just starting in Nigeria and see great opportunities for all involved. Moreover, we engage with the Ministries of Health and Education on large-scale capacity-building projects on national levels.
Mike added, “Through these partnerships, institutions get their own tailor-made digital learning and teaching academies tailored to their unique needs, courses, and curricula – with their name, logo, and corporate design colour. The partner institutions then provide access to learners, educators, and managers within their organizations and can administer and manage their academies. The platform delivers analytics about the learning performance of individuals and aggregated data on different levels. You can manage secure online exams and large-scale education interventions for tens of thousands of learners and educators – data-based, learning-science-based, transparent, supported by AI.”
Lecturio aims to provide students and faculty with the best learning tools that have proven effective in learning science. The platform understands all students’ challenges as they master the vast amount of foundational science needed to become outstanding healthcare providers. It knows that true mastery of this material and the global shortage of healthcare professionals requires a paradigm shift in how medicine is taught.
Mike stated, “With an institutional partnership, we also support partners through train-the-trainer seminars and online webinars for students, making integrating digital education into daily routines effective, ultimately leading to improved learning and teaching outcomes. By the way, pass rates go up by 50% if you learn and teach with Lecturio. Students love us, and lecturers do too because we reduce their stress burden and workload significantly.”
In order to tackle this challenge, the firm has developed a high-quality digital medical education resource, which is affordable, adaptive, and personalized. It is designed with the needs of learners and faculty in mind, combined with the latest state-of-the-art learning technology and comprehensive monitoring and assessment features. Lecturio’s team, comprising individuals with diverse backgrounds and more than 250 physicians, including educators from prestigious medical schools such as Harvard University, Johns Hopkins, and University College London, ensures the top didactic quality of all content. This global recognition and diverse expertise instil confidence in the quality of its content. More than half a million learners and educators from more than 175 countries are using Lecturio.
