Perspectives and practical solutions of digitization: processes of creation, analysis and implementation of ideas in higher medical education system in the Republic of Moldova

Abstract

Introduction. The digitization of the medical higher education system in the Republic of Moldova currently is an interdisciplinary theoretical and practical direction that addresses medical, technical, managerial, ethical perspectives. Framing digitalization in a simple, fair, user-friendly way is a priority in terms of guiding the joint efforts (students - teachers - administration) of continuous improvement of the university, and can create benefits at the administrative, teaching, financial, image of the institution, status, etc. The potential is limited only to the will of the responsible managers and to the limits of the applicative imagination of the participants Case presentation. The USMF targets project is a self-made site that can serve as a model for creating, modifying, integrating, and using a system that allows any member of the academic community from student to rector to submit ideas for improving USMF, view the list of ideas available and appreciate them, be able to view the projects availables in the institution by filters of interest, be able to launch or vote on a petition, be able to launch a complaint - all in a simple format and accessible to the average user, in a form confidential and responsible. Discussion. The findings of this study clearly show that even an inexperienced user, could create and improve free solutions in the interest of his Alma Mater, which is one of the Western basis of contemporary study system and ideology in generally– The Private Initiative. Imagine how it would be not one, but all users doing the same. The ethical problems that are resulting in this study coexist in the modern ethics problems: the limits of liberty of words, the limits between professor&student roles, the right to rule of students and professors vs administration roles of organization etc. The limits of this study are the technical knowledge and experience of the author by the time of preparation and could be improved by the academic community and experts always. Conclusion. Digitization is an inevitable phenomenon of the 21st century, but it depends on how we meet it - prepared or not to change at the price of our ability to recognize potential benefits. The more ideas we have on this subject, the more potential chances we have of profit in various spheres and types of activities, related or not related to the digital domain, but certainly simpler administratively expressed and approved in this way. USMF targets it’s only a vision of how it could be in our university, and it could open potentially a way to thousands of other notorious visions.