The development and evaluation of a distance learning system in ophthalmology

INTRODUCTION: Web-based e-learning is a teaching tool increasingly used in many medical schools and specialist fields, including ophthalmology. AIMS: this pilot study aimed to develop internet-based course-based clinical cases and to evaluate the effectiveness of this method within a graduate medical education group. METHODS: this was an interventional randomized study. First, a website was built using a distance learning platform. Sixteen first-year ophthalmology residents were then divided into two randomized groups: one experimental group, which was submitted to the intervention (use of the e-learning site) and another control group, which was not submitted to the intervention. The students answered a printed clinical case and their scores were compared. RESULTS: there was no statistically significant difference between the groups. CONCLUSION: We were able to successfully develop the e-learning site and the respective clinical cases. Despite the fact that there was no statistically significant difference between the access and the non access group, the study was a pioneer in our department, since a clinical case online program had never previously been developed.

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Main Authors:	Iyeyasu,Josie Naomi, Castro,Stella Maris da Costa e, Sabbatini,Renato Marcos Endrizzi, Carvalho,Keila Monteiro de
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Associação Brasileira de Educação Médica 2013
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-55022013000100014
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