title: Effectiveness of an e-learning curriculum on occupational health for music performers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was (1) to evaluate the effectiveness of the e-learning curriculum and (2) to explore the type of questions raised by students through the "Health Promotion for Music Performers" (HPMP) e-learning curriculum.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was primarily a pedagogical research composed of a pre- and postintervention design coupled with a 1-month longitudinal knowledge retention measurement. The intervention, the HPMP e-learning curriculum, was implemented over 14 weeks, once a week, for a total of 14 classes. Each class consisted of a 60-min prerecorded lecture followed by a 40-min real-time interactive discussion. The interdisciplinary faculty panel consisted of experts from the field of music and medicine. The Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) was used to evaluate knowledge changes concerning (1) Practice and Performance issues and (2) Health and Life Style issues.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifteen graduate-level music students participated in the study. The SAQ scores on the 1-month follow-up test for Practice and Performance issues were significantly higher than the pretest (t=2.731, p<0.05). On the other hand, no significant differences were found between the posttest and pretest or between the follow-up test and posttest. Regarding Health and Life Style issues, comparison at all three measurement points did not reveal any significant difference. Questions raised by students fell into four major categories: performance injury (45%), performance anxiety (22%), general physiology (22%), and general psychology (11%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings suggest that the HPMP e-learning course enhanced student awareness of Practice and Performance issues but did not have as significant an impact on student awareness of Health and Lifestyle issues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Music, College of Liberal Arts, National Hsinchu University of Education, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yu-Huei
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Yaw-Jen
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Hsin-Yi Jean
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Mei-Ju
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Heng-Shuen
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D016272:Occupational Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan; D055815:Young Adult