Exploiting learning object ontology in building personal curricula for pharmacists
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services
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The role of competence management in pharmacy is increasing all the time as healthcare is a field where the fast development of drug treatment and the introduction of new drugs require specialized skills and knowledge that need to be renewed frequently. However, there are two obstacles for the widespread adoption of computer aided competence management in pharmacies. First, pharmacies, as well as most SMEs, do not have enough resources for maintaining competence management systems. Second, pharmacy is a field where well functioning competence management requires co-operation between pharmaceutical organization, healthcare authorities and educational institutions. The problem in co-operation is twofold: (i) the competence descriptions and terminology are not uniformly understood between these organizations, and (ii) the competence management systems do not support co-operation. In order to solve the resource problem, we have exploited a community cloud, which is appropriate in supporting communities that have shared concerns. Further, in order to carry out the co-operation of relevant parties, we have developed a competence ontology that specifies shared terminology, and which makes up a shared data store for the co-operating parties.