Tele-education on leprosy: evaluation of an educational strategy.
The purpose of this research was to evaluate educational strategies applied to a tele-education leprosy course. The curriculum was for members of the Brazilian Family Health Team and was made available through the Sao Paulo Telehealth Portal. The course educational strategy was based on a constructivist learning model where interactivity was emphasized. Authors assessed motivational aspects of the course using the WebMAC Professional tool. Forty-eight healthcare professionals answered the evaluation questionnaire. Adequate internal consistency was achieved (Cronbach's alpha = 0.79). More than 95% of queried items received good evaluations. Multidimensional analysis according to motivational groups of questions (STIMULATING, MEANINGFUL, ORGANIZED, EASY-TO-USE) showed high agreement. According to WebMAC's criteria, it was considered an "awesome course." The tele-educational strategies implemented for leprosy disclosed high motivational scores.
Paixão
Maurício Pedreira
MP
Discipline of Telemedicine, Sao Paulo University's School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil. mauricio@telemedicina.fm.usp.br
Miot
Hélio Amante
HA
Wen
Chao Lung
CL
D001938:Brazil; D003479:Curriculum; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy; D011320:Primary Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017216:Telemedicine; D014584:User-Computer Interface