title: Formulating a web-based educational needs assessment questionnaire from healthcare competencies.
abstract: This paper by David Cochrane, Janette Palmer, Grace Lindsay, Elizabeth Tolmie, Douglas Allan and Kay Currie describes a project that led to the formulation of an online educational needs assessment tool by drawing on national healthcare competencies in coronary heart disease. It discusses the merits of web-based data collection and concludes that web-based survey systems offer distinct advantages providing researchers proceed with care.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Education Development Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cochrane
authors.forename: Janette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Grace
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lindsay
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tolmie
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Currie
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D020407:Internet; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires