title: Developing interactive continuing education on the Web.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To meet the continuing education needs of advanced practice nurses, on-line continuing education modules were designed as part of a grant-funded nurse practitioner learning project.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three modules were planned from the results of a nurse practitioner (n=187) survey of computer availability and skills, topic preference, and their potential for taking on-line continuing education.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The development and implementation of two of the three modules demonstrates the interactive framework, extensive use of links, pre- and posttesting, and on-line registration. The two modules were designed to be interactive, realistic self-studies that closely resemble clinical practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Outcome data are currently being collected on-line and will be analyzed for efficacy of this delivery system for continuing education.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Wichita State University, Kansas 67260-0041, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Huckstadt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D020375:Education, Distance / Q000379:methods*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007615:Kansas; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D014584:User-Computer Interface