Evaluation of a tele-education programme in Brazil

We evaluated a tele-education programme for primary care staff in Pernambuco State, Brazil. During 2008 and 2009, tele-education sessions occurred four times each week for one hour per day. The topics included public health, child and adolescent health, mental health and nursing. After each session,...

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Published in:Journal of telemedicine and telecare 2011-10, Vol.17 (7), p.341-345
Main Authors: Joshi, Ashish, Novaes, Magdala A, Iyengar, Sriram, Machiavelli, Josiane L, Zhang, Jiajie, Vogler, Robert, Hsu, Chiehwen E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Brazil
Curriculum
Education, Distance - methods
Education, Distance - statistics & numerical data
Education, Nursing - methods
Female
Health Personnel - education
Humans
Interdisciplinary Communication
Male
Preventive Medicine - education
Program Evaluation
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Telemedicine - organization & administration
Telemedicine - statistics & numerical data
User-Computer Interface
Young Adult
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Summary:We evaluated a tele-education programme for primary care staff in Pernambuco State, Brazil. During 2008 and 2009, tele-education sessions occurred four times each week for one hour per day. The topics included public health, child and adolescent health, mental health and nursing. After each session, participants completed an evaluation questionnaire. A total of 73 municipalities and 141 health centres participated in the programme. There were 254 tele-education sessions scheduled during the 20-month study period; of these, 224 sessions were successfully performed and 30 were cancelled. We collected 3504 responses from the satisfaction survey. There was high acceptance of the programme: 97% rated it as excellent or good.
ISSN:1357-633X
1758-1109
DOI:10.1258/jtt.2011.101209