title: Evaluation of a tele-education programme in Brazil.
abstract: We evaluated a tele-education programme for primary care staff in Pernambuco State, Brazil. During 2008 and 2009, tele-education sessions occurred four times each week for one hour per day. The topics included public health, child and adolescent health, mental health and nursing. After each session, participants completed an evaluation questionnaire. A total of 73 municipalities and 141 health centres participated in the programme. There were 254 tele-education sessions scheduled during the 20-month study period; of these, 224 sessions were successfully performed and 30 were cancelled. We collected 3504 responses from the satisfaction survey. There was high acceptance of the programme: 97% rated it as excellent or good.
authors.affiliation: Center for Global Health and Development, Department of Health Services Research and Administration, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. ashish.joshi@unmc.edu
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: Magdala A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Novaes
authors.forename: Sriram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iyengar
authors.forename: Josiane L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Machiavelli
authors.forename: Jiajie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vogler
authors.forename: Chiehwen E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Hsu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003479:Curriculum; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008297:Male; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D055815:Young Adult