Telehealth Distance Education Course in Latin America: Analysis of an Experience Involving 15 Countries
Telehealth Distance Education Course in Latin America: Analysis of an Experience Involving 15 Countries
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DOI：
10.1089/tmj.2013.0291
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发表时间：
2014-08-01
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Barros Melo, Maria do Carmo
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dos Santos, Alaneir de Fatima;Alves, Humberto Jose;Barros Melo, Maria do Carmo
背景：许多拉丁美洲国家已经在开展远程保健活动。本文旨在介绍和评价该地区的远程教育远程保健培训课程。材料与方法：本研究为横断面描述性研究。一个由来自15个国家的医学院教师组成的协调委员会成立了，它确定了课程的教学大纲、教学模式和指导结构。为了验证性别、年龄、专业类别、研究生学位和远程教育经验等参数在课程评价方面是否存在任何差异，使用了Likert量表编制了一份问卷。通过卡方检验分析响应，认为p < 0.05的值是显著的。结果：353名学员中，251人（71.10%）完成了基本模块培训，96人（43.91%）完成了全部培训。在课程的整体评估方面，80.92%的学员认为课程非常优秀或良好，72.83%的学员对导师给予正面评价，87.4%的学员认为课程内容非常优秀或良好，94.40%的学员表示会推荐课程。只有远程教育的经验对教师的评价具有统计学意义。结论：所介绍的结果表明，参加远程保健培训活动课程的拉丁美洲国家对此十分关切。关于课程评估，高批准率有关辅导，教育模式，课程内容和目标，指出，佐证文献数据。举办拉丁美洲共享远程保健培训课程的经验确实是积极的，有助于远程保健行动的发展。
Background: Telehealth activities are already going on in many Latin American countries. This article aims to present and evaluate a distance learning telehealth training course in the region. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study. A coordinating committee was formed, composed of medical school faculty from 15 countries, which defined the course's syllabus, teaching model, and mentoring structure. A questionnaire was prepared, using a Likert scale, in order to verify if the parameters of gender, age, professional category, postgraduate degree, and experience in distance education indicated any difference in relation to the course evaluation. The responses were analyzed by chi-squared test, considering as significant a value of p < 0.05. Results: Of the 353 enrolled participants, 251 (71.10%) did the basic modules, and 96 (43.91%) completed the full training. In relation to the overall course assessment, it was considered excellent or good by 80.92% of participants, the mentors received positive evaluations by 72.83% of students, the course content was evaluated as excellent or good by 87.4% of students, and 94.40% of participants would recommend it. As for the parameters assessed, only experience in distance education was statistically significant for the evaluation of the tutors. Conclusions: The results presented indicate an important concern on the part of the Latin American countries participating on the course in relation to telehealth training activities. Regarding course assessment, high approval rates in relation to tutoring, educational model, course content, and goals were noted, corroborating literature data. The experience of conducting a Latin American shared telehealth training course was indeed positive, contributing to the development of telehealth actions.