Effectiveness of an online pediatric primary care curriculum.
Objective.-The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a supplementary online pediatric primary care (PPC) curriculum in reaching pediatric residents and increasing knowledge in selected primary care topics. Methods.-We conducted a nonrandomized, controlled, pre-test/ post-test study...
| Publicado en: | Academic Pediatrics Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 131 - 138 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Mar/Apr2010
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105153058&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105153058 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 18762859 8NBK jtl: Academic Pediatrics issn: 18762859 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar/Apr2010 vid: 10 iid: 2 pid: 467 pub: Elsevier B.V. place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 105153058 48972172 2010602689 10.1016/j.acap.2009.12.004 NLM20206912 105153058 ppf: 131 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Effectiveness of an online pediatric primary care curriculum. aug: au: Baker RC Klein M Samaan Z Lewis K affil: Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-0339; ray.baker@cchmc.org sug: subj: Computer-Assisted Instruction Interns and Residents Pediatrics Physicians Education Chi Square Test Demography Human Mann-Whitney U Test Ohio Pearson's Correlation Coefficient T-Tests Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test ab: Objective.-The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a supplementary online pediatric primary care (PPC) curriculum in reaching pediatric residents and increasing knowledge in selected primary care topics. Methods.-We conducted a nonrandomized, controlled, pre-test/ post-test study comparing an online PPC curriculum supplement with the traditional formal, conference-based curriculum alone, both with identical content. We compared 2 groups of first-year categorical pediatric residents from 2 successive years: one group (from 2006-2007) was offered the online curriculum supplement (study group) and one (2005-2006) was not (control group). Comparisons were made using the following: I) pre-testing and post-testing of knowledge; and 2) monitoring of attendance at the formal conferences and accessing the online curriculum. Results.-The control group of 33 residents and the study group of 34 residents were similar with respect to gender, age, and first- year in-training exam scores. In the first quarter of the year, 93% (mean) of the study group accessed the online curriculum; 43% accessed it in the last quarter of the year. For the same time periods, 33% and 30% of all of the residents (intervention and control groups combined) attended the noon conferences. The pre-test and post-test scores of the study group showed a significant increase (P < .001), and the post-test score comparison of study versus control group was also significant (P = .035). There were no significant differences in the in-training exam scores between the 2 groups for exams given at the beginning of their second year. Conclusion.-An online PPC curriculum is an effective supplement to traditional resident education and reaches a significantly larger number of residents compared with the traditional conference-based format. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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