Text4Peds: Feasibility of an Educational Text-Messaging Program for Pediatrics Residents.
Text4Peds: Feasibility of an Educational Text-Messaging Program for Pediatrics Residents.
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DOI：
10.4300/jgme-d-13-00469.1
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发表时间：
2014-12-01
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Broom, Matthew A
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Adamson, Gregory T;Draper, Lauren R;Broom, Matthew A
背景：我们一直在努力为工作环境有限的居民提供尽可能多的教育材料。移动技术（主要是智能手机应用程序和在线模块）已显示出教育前景。 干预：我们开发了短信程序 Text4Peds，以帮助居民准备儿科委员会考试。目标是评估（1）向住院医师发送教育短信的可行性，以及（2）住院医师的满意度和短信计划的实用性。方法：我们对儿科和内科-儿科住院医师进行了前瞻性研究。每天都会向住院医师发送来自最常错过的儿科培训考试问题的消息。三个月后，居民完成了调查，评估他们对短信教育价值的看法以及对儿科委员会准备的影响。该系统的可行性根据居民成功收到的消息的总百分比进行评估。结果：在 55 名居民中，有 35 名 (64%) 参与了该计划。在向参与者发送的 2534 条消息中，2437 条（96.2%）已成功发送。积极的评论称，通过短信发送董事会事实是一种快速、有用的日常学习工具。居民喜欢在下午 2:00 发送消息，大多数人认为每周发送 1 到 5 条消息比较合适。缺点包括消息的字符限制、内容限制以及缺乏问答格式。结论：基于教育短信的计划在我们的住院医师计划中成功实施。信息传递的成功率很高，居民也发现了信息的教育价值。
BACKGROUND: There is an ongoing effort to maximize educational material provided to residents who are in a time-constrained work environment. Mobile technology, principally smartphone applications and online modules, has shown educational promise.INTERVENTION: We developed a text-messaging program, Text4Peds, to assist residents with preparation for their pediatric board examinations. Goals were to assess (1) the feasibility of texting educational messages to residents, and (2) resident satisfaction and perceived usefulness of a texting program.METHODS: We conducted a prospective study of pediatrics and combined internal medicine-pediatrics residents. Messages derived from the most missed pediatric in-training examination questions were sent daily to residents. After 3months, residents completed surveys that gauged their perception on the educational value of the text messages and the effect on their pediatric board preparation. Feasibility of the system was assessed as a total percentage of messages successfully received by residents.RESULTS: Of 55 residents, 35 (64%) participated in the program. Of 2534 messages sent out to participants, 2437 (96.2%) were delivered successfully. Positive comments cited the texting of board facts as a quick, helpful, daily study tool. Residents liked that messages were sent at 2:00 pm, and most felt that 1 to 5 messages per week was appropriate. Drawbacks included character restrictions of messages, content limitations, and the lack of a question-answer format.CONCLUSIONS: An educational text message-based program was successfully implemented in our residency program. Messages were delivered with a high success rate, and residents found educational value in the messages.