E-learning and telehealth: measuring your success.
Organizations that provide training for their employees are interested in translating training expenditures into benefits. Even though there are several common methodologies that are used to train employees, finding the right methodology to stimulate learning and develop a competent workforce while reducing fiscal burdens can be challenging. One such method that continues to grow in popularity is e-learning. For the purpose of this discussion, e-learning refers to Internet-based or online training. The Veterans Health Administration's (VHA's) Office of Care Coordination (OCC) was established in July 2003 to oversee the national implementation of its telehealth initiatives. As part of this implementation, the OCC created a national center, the Sunshine Training Center, to work directly with the VHA's Employees Education System (EES) to develop a home telehealth Web-based curriculum. After 3 years, the Sunshine Training Center and EES initiated an Impact Evaluation Process. Over five hundred staff completed the online impact survey. This number represented a 74% response rate. Staff responded overwhelmingly in the positive on the benefits of e-learning for building telehealth skills.
Kobb
Rita F
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Sunshine Training Center, Office of Care Coordination, Veterans Health Administration, Lake City, FL 32025, USA. Rita.kobb@med.va.gov
Lane
Robert J
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Stallings
Deidre
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D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003479:Curriculum; D020375:Education, Distance; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017216:Telemedicine; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs