title: Innovative health information technology training: exploring blended learning.
abstract: Healthcare staff members are faced with an ever-increasing technology-enabled care environment as hospitals respond to financial and regulatory pressures to implement comprehensive electronic health record systems. Health information technology training may prove to facilitate user acceptance and overall adoption of advanced technologies. However, there is little evidence regarding best methods of providing health information technology training. This study retrospectively examined the difference in staff satisfaction between two training methods: traditional instructor-led and blended learning and found that participants were equally satisfied with either method. Furthermore, regardless of how much time was provided for practice, participants expressed a desire for more. These findings suggest that healthcare staff are open to new methods of training delivery and that, as adult learners, they desire increased opportunities to engage in hands-on activities.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Informatics Systems Specialist, Duke Technology Health Solutions, Technology Education & Information Design, Duke University Health System, Apex, NC 27502, USA.
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Rebecca R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Kitzmiller
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Breckenridge-Sproat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D007858:Learning; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012189:Retrospective Studies