title: An investigation of factors influencing healthcare workers' use and acceptance of e-learning in post-school healthcare education.
abstract: The objective of the study presented here was to perform an empirical investigation on factors affecting healthcare workers acceptance and utilisation of e-learning in post-school healthcare education. E-learning benefits are realised when key features of e-learning are not only applied, but deemed useful, compatible with the learning process and supportive in order to reach the overall goals of the learning process. We conducted a survey of 14 state-enrolled nurses and skilled-workers within the field of healthcare in Norway. The results show that perceived compatibility and subjective norm explain system usage of the e-learning tool amongst the students. We found that the fact that the students considered the e-learning to be compatible with the course in question had a positive effect on e-learning tool usage. We also found support for factors such as facilitating conditions and ease of use leads to the e-learning tool being considered useful.
authors.affiliation: SINTEF Information and Communication Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Marius.Mikalsen@sintef.no
authors.forename: Marius
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mikalsen
authors.forename: Ståle
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Walderhaug
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003625:Data Collection; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D020375:Education, Distance; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D009664:Norway; D009726:Nurses