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The effectiveness of a clinically integrated e-learning course in evidence-based medicine : A cluster randomised controlled trial

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Kulier, Regina, Coppus, Sjors, Zamora, Javier, Hadley, Julie, Malick, Sadia, Das, Kausik, Weinbrenner, Susanne, Meyerrose, Berrit, Decsi, Tamas, Horvath, Andrea R. et al.
(2009) The effectiveness of a clinically integrated e-learning course in evidence-based medicine : A cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Medical Education, Volume 9 (Number 1). Article number 21. doi:10.1186/1472-6920-9-21

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Abstract

Background:
To evaluate the educational effects of a clinically integrated e-learning course for teaching basic evidence-based medicine (EBM) among postgraduates compared to a traditional lecture-based course of equivalent content.

Methods:
We conducted a cluster randomised controlled trial in the Netherlands and the UK involving postgraduate trainees in six obstetrics and gynaecology departments. Outcomes (knowledge gain and change in attitude towards EBM) were compared between the clinically integrated e-learning course (intervention) and the traditional lecture based course (control). We measured change from pre- to post-intervention scores using a validated questionnaire assessing knowledge (primary outcome) and attitudes (secondary outcome).

Results:
There were six clusters involving teaching of 61 postgraduate trainees (28 in the intervention and 33 in the control group). The intervention group achieved slightly higher scores for knowledge gain compared to the control, but these results were not statistically significant (difference in knowledge gain: 3.5 points, 95% CI -2.7 to 9.8, p = 0.27). The attitudinal changes were similar for both groups.

Conclusion:
A clinically integrated e-learning course was at least as effective as a traditional lecture based course and was well accepted. Being less costly than traditional teaching and allowing for more independent learning through materials that can be easily updated, there is a place for incorporating e-learning into postgraduate EBM curricula that offer on-the-job training for just-in-time learning.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Medical education, Medical personnel -- In-service training, Evidence-based medicine, Medicine -- Web-based instruction -- Evaluation
Journal or Publication Title: BMC Medical Education
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd.
ISSN: 1472-6920
Official Date: 12 May 2009
Dates:
DateEvent
12 May 2009Published
12 May 2009Accepted
10 December 2008Submitted
Volume: Volume 9
Number: Number 1
Number of Pages: 7
Article Number: Article number 21
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-21
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access

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