TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of a tele-education programme in Brazil
AU - Joshi, Ashish
AU - Novaes, Magdala A.
AU - Iyengar, Sriram
AU - Machiavelli, Josiane L.
AU - Zhang, Jiajie
AU - Vogler, Robert
AU - Hsu, Chiehwen E.
N1 - Funding Information:
The work was supported by a grant from the US-Brazil Consortium for Education in Biomedical Informatics.
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - We evaluated a tele-education programme for primary care staff in Pernambuco State, Brazil. During 2008 and 2009, teleeducation sessions occurred four times each week for one hour per day. The topics included public health, child and adolescent health, mental health and nursing. After each session, participants completed an evaluation questionnaire. A total of 73 municipalities and 141 health centres participated in the programme. There were 254 tele-education sessions scheduled during the 20-month study period; of these, 224 sessions were successfully performed and 30 were cancelled. We collected 3504 responses from the satisfaction survey. There was high acceptance of the programme: 97% rated it as excellent or good.
AB - We evaluated a tele-education programme for primary care staff in Pernambuco State, Brazil. During 2008 and 2009, teleeducation sessions occurred four times each week for one hour per day. The topics included public health, child and adolescent health, mental health and nursing. After each session, participants completed an evaluation questionnaire. A total of 73 municipalities and 141 health centres participated in the programme. There were 254 tele-education sessions scheduled during the 20-month study period; of these, 224 sessions were successfully performed and 30 were cancelled. We collected 3504 responses from the satisfaction survey. There was high acceptance of the programme: 97% rated it as excellent or good.
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U2 - 10.1258/jtt.2011.101209
DO - 10.1258/jtt.2011.101209
M3 - Article
C2 - 21933894
AN - SCOPUS:80053637166
SN - 1357-633X
VL - 17
SP - 341
EP - 345
JO - Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
JF - Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
IS - 7
ER -