title: SCI-U: e-learning for patient education in spinal cord injury rehabilitation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop an online patient education resource for use in spinal cord injury rehabilitation.
  
  
  METHODS
  The development process involved more than 100 subject-matter experts (SMEs) (rehabilitation professionals and consumers) from  across Canada. Preliminary evaluation was conducted with 25 end-users.
  
  
  METHODS
  An iterative development process was coordinated by a project team; SMEs (including patients) developed the content in working groups using wiki-based tools. Multiple rounds of feedback based  on early prototypes helped improve the courses during development.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five courses were created, each featuring more than 45 minutes of video content and hundreds of media assets. Preliminary evaluation results indicate that users were satisfied by the courses and  perceived them to be effective.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is an effective process for developing multimedia patient education resources; the involvement of patients in all parts of the process was particularly helpful. Future work will focus on implementation, integration into clinical  practice and other delivery formats (smart phones, tablets).
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute/University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. jdshepherd@mac.com
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Shepherd
authors.forename: Karla M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Badger-Brown
authors.forename: Matthew S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Legassic
authors.forename: Saagar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Walia
authors.forename: Dalton L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Wolfe
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014584:User-Computer Interface