E‐learning or lectures to increase knowledge about congenital heart disease in infants: A comparative interventional study

AIM: This project aimed to create, implement and evaluate an e‐learning course on nursing infants with congenital heart disease (CHD) and to measure its efficacy compared with classroom learning. DESIGN: This is a comparative interventional study with two groups. METHODS: The study involved 15 postgraduate students and 13 newly employed nurses. The learning outcome was computed as the difference between pre‐test and post‐test knowledge scores and analysed using t tests and multiple regression. RESULTS: Both learning groups scored significantly higher 1 week after training. The improvement did not differ significantly between the groups when controlling for the years of experience in CHD nursing and the baseline knowledge score. Participants with higher baseline knowledge scores improved their scores less. Neither learning method was proven more effective than the other. Participants reported experiencing traditional classroom teaching as more positive, but e‐learning was more time effective.