| Sumario: | The eLearning Programme (Induction) in Critical Care New Zealand (EPICCNZ) was established to support new staff in critical care. The programme was developed during a period of significant recruitment following an increase in critical care beds across Aotearoa New Zealand. A project team was established of critical care nurses and learning design and technology experts. Nine interactive online modules for supporting clinical development during induction were made available nationally in April 2024, with a further two added later. This paper reports on user uptake, satisfaction and experience of EPICCNZ over the initial 12-month period. Anonymised data were collected on numbers of enrolments and completions, and user professional group. At the end of each module, users were given opportunity to complete self-reported feedback using five point Likert scale on module content, quality, satisfaction and programme usefulness. Free text boxes were available for additional feedback. Descriptive statistics and content analysis were used to review the data. Across all modules, there were 8,586 enrolments and 6,189 completions from every critical care unit in Aotearoa New Zealand. Nurses were the largest group (77%) participating in the modules. In the first 12 months, 497 users submitted programme feedback on completion of their final module (50.5%). 99% of users agreed that EPICCNZ was useful for their learning with over 95% of users identifying that EPICCNZ had helped them understand professional practice expectations in critical care in Aotearoa New Zealand and that EPICCNZ was a relevant and useful programme for their learning. This is the first time multiple health districts have been brought together to develop a major national eLearning programme in critical care. With significant uptake and positive user experience EPICCNZ provides a model for the development of high quality, clinically relevant programmes to onboard new staff in this speciality.
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