Michael Nicolaou, Ray Armstrong, Andrew B Hassell, David Walker, Fraser Birrell
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Abstract
Objectives: To study the current practice of computer use in musculoskeletal health professionals for their education and that of their patients.
Methods: A survey questionnaire, designed by a working group including representatives from Arthritis Research UK and the British Society for Rheumatology, was made available on surveymonkey.com and the link distributed by email.
Results: 190 health professionals responded. Rheumatology professionals made up two thirds of the participants. The modal age group of responders was under 40 years (37%). 97% had spent some educational time on a computer. Females were younger and spent more time using the computer for education purposes. The preferred learning modality was interactive online content (71%). The most common methods of educating patients were the Consultant and Specialist nurse while the web is used by 40% of the health professionals. The most common barrier to education was 'Insufficient resources for education groups'. Rheumatologists were more likely to log Continuous Professional Development (CPD) online, complete online modules and have mandatory training online. UpToDate and Arthritis Research UK were the highest rated websites for health professional and patient education respectively.
Conclusions: This is the first national survey of E-learning in the musculoskeletal health profession, with a large proportion of Rheumatologists. Almost all use computer based learning. Use of the internet for patient education is low. Highly rated educational websites are available for both professionals and patients.
目的:了解目前肌肉骨骼健康专业人员及其患者使用计算机的情况。方法:由包括英国关节炎研究中心和英国风湿病学会代表在内的工作组设计的调查问卷在surveymonkey.com上发布，并通过电子邮件发送链接。结果:190名卫生专业人员回应。风湿病专业人员占参与者的三分之二。应答者的模态年龄组在40岁以下(37%)。97%的学生在电脑上花了一些学习时间。女性更年轻，花更多的时间使用电脑进行教育。首选的学习方式是交互式在线内容(71%)。最常见的教育患者的方法是咨询师和专科护士，而40%的卫生专业人员使用网络。最常见的教育障碍是“教育团体资源不足”。风湿病学家更有可能在线记录持续专业发展(CPD)，完成在线模块并在线接受强制性培训。UpToDate和Arthritis Research UK分别是健康专业人士和患者教育方面评价最高的网站。结论:这是第一次对肌肉骨骼健康专业的电子学习进行全国性调查，其中风湿病学家的比例很大。几乎所有学校都使用计算机学习。互联网对患者教育的使用率很低。专业人士和患者都可以使用高评价的教育网站。
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