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标题：Validating e-learning in continuing pharmacy education: user acceptance and knowledge change
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作者：Krzysztof Nesterowicz ; Tadeusz Librowski ; Samuel Edelbring 等
期刊名称：BMC Medical Education
印刷版ISSN：1472-6920
出版年度：2014
卷号：14
期号：1
页码：1-7
DOI：10.1186/1472-6920-14-33
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Continuing pharmacy education is becoming mandatory in most countries in order to keep the professional license valid. Increasing number of pharmacists are now using e-learning as part of their continuing education. Consequently, the increasing popularity of this method of education calls for standardization and validation practices. The conducted research explored validation aspects of e-learning in terms of knowledge increase and user acceptance. Two e-courses were conducted as e-based continuing pharmacy education for graduated pharmacists. Knowledge increase and user acceptance were the two outcome measured. The change of knowledge in the first e-course was measured by a pre- and post-test and results analysed by the Wilcoxon signed–rank test. The acceptance of e-learning in the second e-course was investigated by a questionnaire and the results analysed using descriptive statistics. Results showed that knowledge increased significantly (p < 0.001) by 16 pp after participation in the first e-course. Among the participants who responded to the survey in the second course, 92% stated that e-courses were effective and 91% stated that they enjoyed the course. The study shows that e-learning is a viable medium of conducting continuing pharmacy education; e-learning is effective in increasing knowledge and highly accepted by pharmacists from various working environments such as community and hospital pharmacies, faculties of pharmacy or wholesales.
关键词：E-learning;Continuing pharmacy education;Lifelong learning;Just-in-time learning