Harmonising Evidence-based medicine teaching: a study of the outcomes of e-learning in five European countries

dc.creator	Cabello Juan B
dc.creator	Arvanitis Theodoros N
dc.creator	Burls Amanda
dc.creator	Coppus Sjors FPJ
dc.creator	Emparanza Jose I
dc.creator	Nagy Eva
dc.creator	Horvath Andrea R
dc.creator	Decsi Tamas
dc.creator	Meyerrose Berrit
dc.creator	Weinbrenner Susanne
dc.creator	Hadley Julie
dc.creator	Kulier Regina
dc.creator	Kaczor Marcin
dc.creator	Zanrei Gianni
dc.creator	Pierer Karen
dc.creator	Stawiarz Katarzyna
dc.creator	Kunz Regina
dc.creator	Mol Ben WJ
dc.creator	Khan Khalid S
dc.date	2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:32:27Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:32:27Z
dc.identifier	10.1186/1472-6920-8-27
dc.identifier	1472-6920
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/ac4097b620114c6e9541fbe75b8420b2
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/22537
dc.description	<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We developed and evaluated the outcomes of an e-learning course for evidence based medicine (EBM) training in postgraduate medical education in different languages and settings across five European countries.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We measured changes in knowledge and attitudes with well-developed assessment tools before and after administration of the course. The course consisted of five e-learning modules covering acquisition (formulating a question and search of the literature), appraisal, application and implementation of findings from systematic reviews of therapeutic interventions, each with interactive audio-visual learning materials of 15 to 20 minutes duration. The modules were prepared in English, Spanish, German and Hungarian. The course was delivered to 101 students from different specialties in Germany (psychiatrists), Hungary (mixture of specialties), Spain (general medical practitioners), Switzerland (obstetricians-gynaecologists) and the UK (obstetricians-gynaecologists). We analysed changes in scores across modules and countries.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>On average across all countries, knowledge scores significantly improved from pre- to post-course for all five modules (p < 0.001). The improvements in scores were on average 1.87 points (14% of total score) for module 1, 1.81 points (26% of total score) for module 2, 1.9 points (11% of total score) for module 3, 1.9 points (12% of total score) for module 4 and 1.14 points (14% of total score) for module 5. In the country specific analysis, knowledge gain was not significant for module 4 in Spain, Switzerland and the UK, for module 3 in Spain and Switzerland and for module 2 in Spain. Compared to pre-course assessment, after completing the course participants felt more confident that they can assess research evidence and that the healthcare system in their country should have its own programme of research about clinical effectiveness.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>E-learning in EBM can be harmonised for effective teaching and learning in different languages, educational settings and clinical specialties, paving the way for development of an international e-EBM course.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	BioMed Central
dc.relation	http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/8/27
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6920
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	BMC Medical Education, Vol 8, Iss 1, p 27 (2008)
dc.subject	Medicine (General)
dc.subject	R5-920
dc.subject	Medicine
dc.subject	R
dc.subject	DOAJ:Medicine (General)
dc.subject	DOAJ:Health Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Medicine (General)
dc.subject	R5-920
dc.subject	Medicine
dc.subject	R
dc.subject	DOAJ:Medicine (General)
dc.subject	DOAJ:Health Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Medicine (General)
dc.subject	R5-920
dc.subject	Medicine
dc.subject	R
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Medicine (General)
dc.subject	R5-920
dc.subject	Medicine
dc.subject	R
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Medicine (General)
dc.subject	R5-920
dc.subject	Medicine
dc.subject	R
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Harmonising Evidence-based medicine teaching: a study of the outcomes of e-learning in five European countries
dc.type	article