title: Harnessing technology to enhance delivery of clinical trials education for nurses: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.
abstract: The challenge of providing high-quality, relevant, time-sensitive continuing nursing education is particularly salient in pediatric oncology, where nurses commonly deliver complex protocol-based care to children enrolled on clinical trials. The Children's Oncology Group Nursing Discipline developed Portable Document Format multimedia modules to make a broad range of educational content regarding pediatric oncology clinical trials available to its membership. This time-sensitive educational content is accessible to nurses via asynchronous online education. To assess awareness of and user experience with the multimedia modules, a survey was conducted of nurses attending a Children's Oncology Group meeting. Over half (57%) of nurses were aware of the modules and half of those (51%) had viewed at least 1 module. Over 90% of nurses who viewed the modules were satisfied or very satisfied with the viewing experience; nurses younger than age 40 were 4 times more likely to be unaware of the modules than were older nurses (P = .007).
authors.affiliation: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA mhaugen@luriechildrens.org.
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haugen
authors.affiliation: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gasber
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leonard
authors.affiliation: City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Landier
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education*; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000193:education*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States
keywords: clinical trials nursing; continuing education; multimedia files; online learning; pediatric oncology