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标题：The effectiveness of a clinically integrated e-learning course in evidence-based medicine: A cluster randomised controlled trial
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作者：Regina Kulier ; Sjors FPJ Coppus ; Javier Zamora 等
期刊名称：BMC Medical Education
印刷版ISSN：1472-6920
出版年度：2009
卷号：9
期号：1
页码：1-7
DOI：10.1186/1472-6920-9-21
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：To evaluate the educational effects of a clinically integrated e-learning course for teaching basic evidence-based medicine (EBM) among postgraduates compared to a traditional lecture-based course of equivalent content. We conducted a cluster randomised controlled trial in the Netherlands and the UK involving postgraduate trainees in six obstetrics and gynaecology departments. Outcomes (knowledge gain and change in attitude towards EBM) were compared between the clinically integrated e-learning course (intervention) and the traditional lecture based course (control). We measured change from pre- to post-intervention scores using a validated questionnaire assessing knowledge (primary outcome) and attitudes (secondary outcome). There were six clusters involving teaching of 61 postgraduate trainees (28 in the intervention and 33 in the control group). The intervention group achieved slightly higher scores for knowledge gain compared to the control, but these results were not statistically significant (difference in knowledge gain: 3.5 points, 95% CI -2.7 to 9.8, p = 0.27). The attitudinal changes were similar for both groups. A clinically integrated e-learning course was at least as effective as a traditional lecture based course and was well accepted. Being less costly than traditional teaching and allowing for more independent learning through materials that can be easily updated, there is a place for incorporating e-learning into postgraduate EBM curricula that offer on-the-job training for just-in-time learning. Trial registration number: ACTRN12609000022268.
关键词：Knowledge Gain;Baseline Knowledge;Gynaecology Department;Traditional Lecture;Vocational Training Programme