Barker J L, Klutman N E, Scott B E, White S J
Hosp Pharm. 1987 Dec;22(12):1210-2.
A continuing education (CE) program was developed to teach hospital pharmacists parameters for monitoring adult total parenteral nutrition (TPN) patients. The effectiveness of a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) module as a method of CE was compared with that of printed information (PI). The computer program was developed using an Apple IIe personal computer and Apple Pilot. Forty-nine hospital pharmacists were given a pretest, the CAI or PI program, a posttest immediately after the instruction, and a retention test 2 weeks later. The CAI group (n = 23) had mean test scores of 53.3% for the pretest, 87.7% for the posttest, and 81.9% for the retention test. The PI group (n = 26) had mean test scores of 54.2% for the pretest, 84.7% for the posttest, and 78.2% for the retention test. Both methods were effective CE programs based on increases in mean test scores from pretest to posttest. Retention-test scores showed a statistically significant drop from posttest scores for each group. A comparison of mean retention-test scores with mean pretest scores for each group demonstrated that participants in each group had retained a statistically significant amount of material from baseline knowledge. When differences in mean pretest, posttest, and retention-test scores were compared between the two groups, no statistically significant differences were found. CAI and PI were equally effective methods of continuing education.
开展了一项继续教育（CE）项目，旨在向医院药剂师传授监测成人全胃肠外营养（TPN）患者的参数。将计算机辅助教学（CAI）模块作为一种继续教育方法的有效性与印刷资料（PI）进行了比较。该计算机程序是使用苹果IIe个人电脑和苹果领航员软件编写的。49名医院药剂师接受了一次预测试、CAI或PI程序、教学后立即进行的一次后测试以及两周后的一次留存测试。CAI组（n = 23）预测试的平均测试成绩为53.3%，后测试为87.7%，留存测试为81.9%。PI组（n = 26）预测试的平均测试成绩为54.2%，后测试为84.7%，留存测试为78.2%。基于从预测试到后测试平均测试成绩的提高，两种方法都是有效的继续教育项目。留存测试成绩显示，每组的后测试成绩相比都有统计学上的显著下降。将每组的留存测试平均成绩与预测试平均成绩进行比较表明，每组参与者都从基线知识中保留了统计学上显著数量的内容。当比较两组之间预测试、后测试和留存测试平均成绩的差异时，未发现统计学上的显著差异。CAI和PI是同样有效的继续教育方法。
