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

dc.creator	Arvanitis Theodoros N
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	Das Kausik
dc.creator	Malick Sadia
dc.creator	Hadley Julie
dc.creator	Zamora Javier
dc.creator	Coppus Sjors FPJ
dc.creator	Kulier Regina
dc.creator	Burls Amanda
dc.creator	Cabello Juan B
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	2009-05-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:36:45Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:36:45Z
dc.identifier	10.1186/1472-6920-9-21
dc.identifier	1472-6920
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a954b5b39a1f437a98837db4dcea9b0d
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/23008
dc.description	<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>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).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Trial registration</p> <p>Trial registration number: ACTRN12609000022268.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	BioMed Central
dc.relation	http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/9/21
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6920
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	BMC Medical Education, Vol 9, Iss 1, p 21 (2009)
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	The effectiveness of a clinically integrated e-learning course in evidence-based medicine: A cluster randomised controlled trial
dc.type	article