title: Usage and effectiveness of e-learning courses for continuous medical education.
abstract: The paper describes the results of an e-learning experimental project for Continuous Medical Education (CME) in Occupational Medicine in terms of: extent of the e-learning courses usage by the healthcare personnel, knowledge acquisition and satisfaction. 11 courses have been available for 11 months during which 2,034 users all over Italy enrolled in 5,183 courses with a success percentage of 72% and a significant difference between test scores performed before and after attending the e-learning courses. Also user's satisfaction, inspected through a questionnaire, has provided good results. Starting from the experience reported, the authors are confident that e-learning will gain ground and evolve as an effective and appreciated educational mean for CME.
authors.affiliation: S. Maugeri Foundation IRCCS, Scientific Institute of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy. cristina.mazzoleni@fsm.it
authors.forename: M Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Mazzoleni
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rognoni
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Finozzi
authors.forename: Ines
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Giorgi
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pugliese
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Landro
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imbriani
mesh_terms: D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires