Cargando…
Development of an e-learning prototype for assessing occupational stress-related disorders: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Occupational stress-related disorders are complex to diagnose and prevent, due to their multifactorial origin. We developed an e-learning programme aimed at supporting occupational physicians when diagnosing and preventing occupational stress-related disorders. In order to explore the ex...
Autores principales: | , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
BioMed Central
2019
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6688285/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31399098 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-019-1743-3 |
_version_ | 1783442856051998720 |
---|---|
author | Omvlee, Lieke van der Molen, Henk F. te Pas, Ellen Frings-Dresen, Monique H. W. |
author_facet | Omvlee, Lieke van der Molen, Henk F. te Pas, Ellen Frings-Dresen, Monique H. W. |
author_sort | Omvlee, Lieke |
collection | PubMed |
description | BACKGROUND: Occupational stress-related disorders are complex to diagnose and prevent, due to their multifactorial origin. We developed an e-learning programme aimed at supporting occupational physicians when diagnosing and preventing occupational stress-related disorders. In order to explore the extent to which a developed e-learning prototype was perceived as useful and feasible by occupational physicians, we executed a qualitative study. METHODS: We conducted semi-structured, face-to-face interviews with fifteen occupational physicians, who were recruited using a combination of convenience and purposive sampling. Participants were shown a hard copy prototype of the e-learning programme, on which they were invited to comment in terms of perceived usefulness and feasibility. The interview data was transcribed verbatim and coded by two researchers using a content analysis approach. RESULTS: Occupational physicians perceived e-learning as useful when it contributed to creating a full clinical picture and supported the diagnosis. Its structure had to support occupational physicians to work systematically. The programme had to be applicable to their daily practice and had to incorporate learning tools in order to increase the competences of occupational physicians. Feasibility was perceived to increase when the e-learning programme took less time to complete, when the quantity of written text was not too high, and when the user was guided and recertification points provided. CONCLUSIONS: An e-learning programme can be an asset in continuing medical education for occupational physicians when assessing occupational stress-related disorders. Perceived usefulness depended on the clinical picture, structure, practicality and the increasing of competences. Feasibility depended on text, time, structure and reward. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-6688285 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2019 |
publisher | BioMed Central |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-66882852019-08-14 Development of an e-learning prototype for assessing occupational stress-related disorders: a qualitative study Omvlee, Lieke van der Molen, Henk F. te Pas, Ellen Frings-Dresen, Monique H. W. BMC Med Educ Research Article BACKGROUND: Occupational stress-related disorders are complex to diagnose and prevent, due to their multifactorial origin. We developed an e-learning programme aimed at supporting occupational physicians when diagnosing and preventing occupational stress-related disorders. In order to explore the extent to which a developed e-learning prototype was perceived as useful and feasible by occupational physicians, we executed a qualitative study. METHODS: We conducted semi-structured, face-to-face interviews with fifteen occupational physicians, who were recruited using a combination of convenience and purposive sampling. Participants were shown a hard copy prototype of the e-learning programme, on which they were invited to comment in terms of perceived usefulness and feasibility. The interview data was transcribed verbatim and coded by two researchers using a content analysis approach. RESULTS: Occupational physicians perceived e-learning as useful when it contributed to creating a full clinical picture and supported the diagnosis. Its structure had to support occupational physicians to work systematically. The programme had to be applicable to their daily practice and had to incorporate learning tools in order to increase the competences of occupational physicians. Feasibility was perceived to increase when the e-learning programme took less time to complete, when the quantity of written text was not too high, and when the user was guided and recertification points provided. CONCLUSIONS: An e-learning programme can be an asset in continuing medical education for occupational physicians when assessing occupational stress-related disorders. Perceived usefulness depended on the clinical picture, structure, practicality and the increasing of competences. Feasibility depended on text, time, structure and reward. BioMed Central 2019-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6688285/ /pubmed/31399098 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-019-1743-3 Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Omvlee, Lieke van der Molen, Henk F. te Pas, Ellen Frings-Dresen, Monique H. W. Development of an e-learning prototype for assessing occupational stress-related disorders: a qualitative study |
title | Development of an e-learning prototype for assessing occupational stress-related disorders: a qualitative study |
title_full | Development of an e-learning prototype for assessing occupational stress-related disorders: a qualitative study |
title_fullStr | Development of an e-learning prototype for assessing occupational stress-related disorders: a qualitative study |
title_full_unstemmed | Development of an e-learning prototype for assessing occupational stress-related disorders: a qualitative study |
title_short | Development of an e-learning prototype for assessing occupational stress-related disorders: a qualitative study |
title_sort | development of an e-learning prototype for assessing occupational stress-related disorders: a qualitative study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6688285/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31399098 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-019-1743-3 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT omvleelieke developmentofanelearningprototypeforassessingoccupationalstressrelateddisordersaqualitativestudy AT vandermolenhenkf developmentofanelearningprototypeforassessingoccupationalstressrelateddisordersaqualitativestudy AT tepasellen developmentofanelearningprototypeforassessingoccupationalstressrelateddisordersaqualitativestudy AT fringsdresenmoniquehw developmentofanelearningprototypeforassessingoccupationalstressrelateddisordersaqualitativestudy |