title: Investigating the potential of e-Learning in healthcare postgraduate curricula: a structural equation model.
abstract: The objective of this paper is to assess the future adaptability of e-Learning platforms within postgraduate modules. An ongoing empirical assessment was conducted amongst postgraduate students, based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). The current paper presents the outcomes from the second phase of a survey, involving fifty six participants. Data analysis was performed using a structural equation model, based on partial least squares. Results highlighted the very strong effect of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use to attitude towards using e-Learning platforms. Consequently, attitude towards use proved to be a very strong predictor of behavioral intention. Perceived usefulness, on the contrary, did not prove to have an effect to behavioral intention. Implications on the potential of using e-Learning platforms are discussed along with limitations and future directions of the study.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Economics, Quantitative Methods, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. mkatharak@econ.uoa.gr
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katharaki
authors.forename: Stelios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Daskalakis
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mantas
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D018961:Educational Technology / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006115:Greece; D008962:Models, Theoretical