The Impact of E-Learning on Adherence to Guidelines for Acute Gastroenteritis: A Single-Arm Intervention Study

E-learning is a candidate tool for clinical practice guidelines (CPG) implementation due to its versatility, universal access and low costs. We aimed to assess the impact of a five-module e-learning course about CPG for acute gastroenteritis (AGE) on physicians' knowledge and clinical practice....

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Published in:PloS one 2015-07, Vol.10 (7), p.e0132213-e0132213
Main Authors: Nicastro, Emanuele, Lo Vecchio, Andrea, Liguoro, Ilaria, Chmielewska, Anna, De Bruyn, Caroline, Dolinsek, Jernej, Doroshina, Elena, Fessatou, Smaragdi, Pop, Tudor Lucian, Prell, Christine, Tabbers, Merit Monique, Tavares, Marta, Urenden-Elicin, Pinar, Bruzzese, Dario, Zakharova, Irina, Sandhu, Bhupinder, Guarino, Alfredo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Adhesion
Adult
Age
Aged
CAI
Child, Preschool
Children
Clinical medicine
Clinical trials
Computer assisted instruction
Distance learning
Education
Education, Medical, Continuing - methods
Family physicians
Female
Gastroenteritis
Gastroenteritis - therapy
Gastroenterology
Guideline Adherence
Guidelines
Hepatology
Hospitals
Humans
Independent study
Infant
Intervention
Knowledge
Learning
Male
Medical personnel
Middle Aged
Online instruction
Patient compliance
Patient safety
Patients
Pediatrics
Physicians
Practice guidelines (Medicine)
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Product safety
Science
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Summary:E-learning is a candidate tool for clinical practice guidelines (CPG) implementation due to its versatility, universal access and low costs. We aimed to assess the impact of a five-module e-learning course about CPG for acute gastroenteritis (AGE) on physicians' knowledge and clinical practice. This work was conceived as a pre/post single-arm intervention study. Physicians from 11 European countries registered for the online course. Personal data, pre- and post-course questionnaires and clinical data about 3 to 5 children with AGE managed by each physician before and after the course were collected. Primary outcome measures included the proportion of participants fully adherent to CPG and number of patients managed with full adherence. Among the 149 physicians who signed up for the e-learning course, 59 took the course and reported on their case management of 519 children
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0132213