title: E-learning for occupational physicians' CME: a study case.
abstract: The present study reports the results of the evaluation of an e-learning CME course in the field of Occupational Medicine. In particular the following aspects have been investigated: If and how the course contents have met the educational users' needs; The effectiveness of the course in terms of knowledge improvement; Users' behaviour. Attendance data and results of a sample of 1128 attendees have been analyzed via ad hoc developed tools for direct inspection of Moodle CMS database. The results document the effectiveness of the e-learning course, as regards meeting the educational needs of physicians and also the improvement in terms of knowledge and problem solving skill acquisition. Users' behaviour has revealed a certain tendency for passing the tests, more than for pursuing the best possible result. Interaction with the tutor is low.
authors.affiliation: Salvatore Maugeri Foundation IRCCS, Pavia, Italy. christina.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: Tommaso
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gri
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pagani
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imbriani
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D054538:Occupational Health Physicians; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D015397:Program Evaluation