Jerin John M, Rea Thomas D
Public Health-Seattle and King County, Emergency Medical Services Division, Washington 98104, USA.
Prehosp Emerg Care. 2005 Jul-Sep;9(3):333-7. doi: 10.1080/10903120590962274.
New Internet technologies offer the opportunity to delivery quality instruction to emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in a cost-effective manner. The purpose of this study was to determine whether web-based continuing education (CE) could be developed at a low cost and provide a high level of satisfaction and acceptance among EMTs.
EMTs completed web-based CE modules in place of traditional instructor-led instruction. The EMTs in the study completed a questionnaire that assessed acceptance and satisfaction. Expenses for producing and delivering web-based instruction and delivering instructor-led instruction were tracked for all aspects of the project.
Seventy-four percent of the EMTs strongly preferred the web-based modules over instructor-led modules. Other survey items indicated a high level of acceptance of the format (87%). The web-based modules in this study were produced and delivered at a cost of dollar 3 per EMT/module, which is less than the costs of traditional instructor-led training, ranging from dollar 21 to dollar 82 per EMT/module.
Although not a replacement for all instructor-led training, web-based training can be a cost-effective and acceptable alternative for achieving instructional objectives within the cognitive domain. It offers other benefits such as improved administration of training records and consistent delivery of content.
新的互联网技术提供了以具有成本效益的方式向急救医疗技术员（EMT）提供高质量教学的机会。本研究的目的是确定是否可以低成本开发基于网络的继续教育（CE），并在EMT中获得高度的满意度和接受度。
EMT完成基于网络的CE模块，以代替传统的教师指导教学。研究中的EMT完成了一份评估接受度和满意度的问卷。跟踪了项目所有方面制作和提供基于网络的教学以及提供教师指导教学的费用。
74%的EMT强烈倾向于基于网络的模块而非教师指导的模块。其他调查项目表明对该形式的接受度很高（87%）。本研究中基于网络的模块制作和交付成本为每个EMT/模块3美元，低于传统教师指导培训的成本，传统培训成本为每个EMT/模块21美元至82美元。
虽然不能替代所有教师指导的培训，但基于网络的培训对于在认知领域实现教学目标而言可以是一种具有成本效益且可接受的替代方案。它还具有其他优点，如改进培训记录管理和内容的一致交付。
