Evaluating the Effect of a Web-Based E-Learning Tool for Health Professional Education on Clinical Vancomycin Use: Comparative Study
| Autor: | Ping Yu, Suman Adhikari, Stuart Bond, Spiros Miyakis, Adriana J Chubaty, Jay P Borchard, Shelley P Crowther, Wilfred W Yeo, Craig S Boutlis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
020205 medical informatics education pharmacy education antibacterial agents 02 engineering and technology Clinical decision support system Education 03 medical and health sciences Survey methodology 0302 clinical medicine continuing education 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Medicine Web application 030212 general & internal medicine Nurse education Dosing Original Paper business.industry nursing education Knowledge survey Computer Science Applications Traditional education survey methods Family medicine Vancomycin business medical education medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | JMIR Medical Education |
| ISSN: | 2369-3762 |
| Popis: | Background: Internet-based learning for health professional education is increasing. It offers advantages over traditional learning approaches, as it enables learning to be completed at a time convenient to the user and improves access where facilities are geographically disparate. We developed and implemented the Vancomycin Interactive (VI) e-learning tool to improve knowledge on the clinical use of the antibiotic vancomycin, which is commonly used for treatment of infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Objective: The aims of this study were to evaluate the effect of the VI e-learning tool on (1) survey knowledge scores and (2) clinical use of vancomycin among health professionals. Methods: We conducted a comparative pre-post intervention study across the 14 hospitals of two health districts in New South Wales, Australia. A knowledge survey was completed by nurses, doctors, and pharmacists before and after release of a Web-based e-learning tool. Survey scores were compared with those obtained following traditional education in the form of an email intervention. Survey questions related to dosing, administration, and monitoring of vancomycin. Outcome measures were survey knowledge scores among the three health professional groups, vancomycin plasma trough levels, and vancomycin approvals recorded on a computerized clinical decision support system. Results: Survey response rates were low at 26.87% (577/2147) preintervention and 8.24% (177/2147) postintervention. The VI was associated with an increase in knowledge scores (maximum score=5) among nurses (median 2, IQR 1-2 to median 2, IQR 1-3; P |
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