dc.creator |
Kanchanaraksa Sukon |
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dc.creator |
Sisson Stephen D |
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dc.creator |
Aggarwal Amita |
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dc.creator |
Bhan Anant |
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dc.creator |
Ali Joseph |
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dc.creator |
Taylor Holly |
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dc.creator |
Kass Nancy |
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dc.creator |
Gupte Nikhil |
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dc.creator |
Aggarwal Rakesh |
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dc.creator |
McKenzie-White Jane |
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dc.creator |
McGready John |
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dc.creator |
Miotti Paolo |
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dc.creator |
Bollinger Robert C |
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dc.date |
2011-06-01T00:00:00Z |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2015-07-20T22:25:18Z |
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dc.date.available |
2015-07-20T22:25:18Z |
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dc.identifier |
10.1186/1472-6920-11-37 |
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dc.identifier |
1472-6920 |
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dc.identifier |
https://doaj.org/article/b3a86fd46db2467b9055c9e5ec905570 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/21383 |
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dc.description |
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Distance learning may be useful for building health research capacity. However, evidence that it can improve knowledge and skills in health research, particularly in resource-poor settings, is limited. We compared the impact and acceptability of teaching two distinct content areas, Biostatistics and Research Ethics, through either on-line distance learning format or traditional on-site training, in a randomized study in India. Our objective was to determine whether on-line courses in Biostatistics and Research Ethics could achieve similar improvements in knowledge, as traditional on-site, classroom-based courses.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p><it>Subjects: </it>Volunteer Indian scientists were randomly assigned to one of two arms.</p> <p><it>Intervention: </it>Students in Arm 1 attended a 3.5-day on-site course in Biostatistics and completed a 3.5-week on-line course in Research Ethics. Students in Arm 2 attended a 3.5-week on-line course in Biostatistics and 3.5-day on-site course in Research Ethics. For the two course formats, learning objectives, course contents and knowledge tests were identical.</p> <p><it>Main Outcome Measures: </it>Improvement in knowledge immediately and 3-months after course completion, compared to baseline.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Baseline characteristics were similar in both arms (n = 29 each). Median knowledge score for Biostatistics increased from a baseline of 49% to 64% (p < 0.001) 3 months after the on-site course, and from 48% to 63% (p = 0.009) after the on-line course. For the on-site Research Ethics course, median score increased from 69% to 83% (p = 0.005), and for the on-line Research Ethics course from 62% to 80% (p < 0.001). Three months after the course, median gains in knowledge scores remained similar for the on-site and on-line platforms for both Biostatistics (16% vs. 12%; p = 0.59) and Research Ethics (17% vs. 13%; p = 0.14).</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>On-line and on-site training formats led to marked and similar improvements of knowledge in Biostatistics and Research Ethics. This, combined with logistical and cost advantages of on-line training, may make on-line courses particularly useful for expanding health research capacity in resource-limited settings.</p> |
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dc.language |
English |
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dc.publisher |
BioMed Central |
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dc.relation |
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/11/37 |
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dc.relation |
https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6920 |
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dc.rights |
CC BY |
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dc.source |
BMC Medical Education, Vol 11, Iss 1, p 37 (2011) |
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Medicine (General) |
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R5-920 |
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Medicine |
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DOAJ:Medicine (General) |
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DOAJ:Health Sciences |
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Special aspects of education |
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LC8-6691 |
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Education |
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DOAJ:Education |
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DOAJ:Social Sciences |
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Medicine (General) |
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R5-920 |
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Medicine |
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R |
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DOAJ:Medicine (General) |
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DOAJ:Health Sciences |
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Special aspects of education |
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LC8-6691 |
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Education |
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DOAJ:Education |
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DOAJ:Social Sciences |
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Medicine (General) |
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R5-920 |
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Medicine |
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Special aspects of education |
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LC8-6691 |
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Education |
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Medicine (General) |
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R5-920 |
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Medicine |
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R |
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Special aspects of education |
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LC8-6691 |
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Education |
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L |
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dc.subject |
Medicine (General) |
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R5-920 |
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Medicine |
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R |
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Special aspects of education |
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LC8-6691 |
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Education |
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dc.title |
A Comparison of Online versus On-site Training in Health Research Methodology: A Randomized Study |
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article |
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