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Evaluation of an E-Learning Course for Clubfoot Treatment in Tanzania: A Multicenter Study
In total, 80% of clubfoot cases occur in low- and middle-income countries, where lack of clinical knowledge of the Ponseti method of treatment presents as a major barrier to treatment. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of an electronic learning course to teach clinicians in Tanzania Pon...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5954305/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29780890 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2382120518771913 |
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author | Vaca, Silvia D Warstadt, Nicholus M Ngayomela, Isidor H Nungu, Rachel Kowero, Emmanuel S Srivastava, Sakti |
author_facet | Vaca, Silvia D Warstadt, Nicholus M Ngayomela, Isidor H Nungu, Rachel Kowero, Emmanuel S Srivastava, Sakti |
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description | In total, 80% of clubfoot cases occur in low- and middle-income countries, where lack of clinical knowledge of the Ponseti method of treatment presents as a major barrier to treatment. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of an electronic learning course to teach clinicians in Tanzania Ponseti method theory. A total of 30 clinicians were recruited from clinics with high referral rates for clubfoot patients and invited to 1 of 3 training sites: Mbeya (n = 15), Zanzibar (n = 10), and Mwanza (n = 5). Baseline knowledge, measured through a pretest, was compared to performance on a posttest after e-learning course completion. Scores for Mbeya and Zanzibar participants improved from 44 ± 12.5 to 69.8 ± 16.5 (P < .0001) and 44.3 ± 14.0 to 67.9 ± 21.4 (P = .01), respectively. Our results suggest that an e-learning course may be an effective method of disseminating Ponseti method theory in Tanzania. Successful implementation requires an understanding of the device availability and technology literacy of the users. |
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spelling | pubmed-59543052018-05-18 Evaluation of an E-Learning Course for Clubfoot Treatment in Tanzania: A Multicenter Study Vaca, Silvia D Warstadt, Nicholus M Ngayomela, Isidor H Nungu, Rachel Kowero, Emmanuel S Srivastava, Sakti J Med Educ Curric Dev Original Research In total, 80% of clubfoot cases occur in low- and middle-income countries, where lack of clinical knowledge of the Ponseti method of treatment presents as a major barrier to treatment. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of an electronic learning course to teach clinicians in Tanzania Ponseti method theory. A total of 30 clinicians were recruited from clinics with high referral rates for clubfoot patients and invited to 1 of 3 training sites: Mbeya (n = 15), Zanzibar (n = 10), and Mwanza (n = 5). Baseline knowledge, measured through a pretest, was compared to performance on a posttest after e-learning course completion. Scores for Mbeya and Zanzibar participants improved from 44 ± 12.5 to 69.8 ± 16.5 (P < .0001) and 44.3 ± 14.0 to 67.9 ± 21.4 (P = .01), respectively. Our results suggest that an e-learning course may be an effective method of disseminating Ponseti method theory in Tanzania. Successful implementation requires an understanding of the device availability and technology literacy of the users. SAGE Publications 2018-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5954305/ /pubmed/29780890 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2382120518771913 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Vaca, Silvia D Warstadt, Nicholus M Ngayomela, Isidor H Nungu, Rachel Kowero, Emmanuel S Srivastava, Sakti Evaluation of an E-Learning Course for Clubfoot Treatment in Tanzania: A Multicenter Study |
title | Evaluation of an E-Learning Course for Clubfoot Treatment in Tanzania: A Multicenter Study |
title_full | Evaluation of an E-Learning Course for Clubfoot Treatment in Tanzania: A Multicenter Study |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of an E-Learning Course for Clubfoot Treatment in Tanzania: A Multicenter Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of an E-Learning Course for Clubfoot Treatment in Tanzania: A Multicenter Study |
title_short | Evaluation of an E-Learning Course for Clubfoot Treatment in Tanzania: A Multicenter Study |
title_sort | evaluation of an e-learning course for clubfoot treatment in tanzania: a multicenter study |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5954305/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29780890 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2382120518771913 |
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