Paixão Maurício Pedreira, Miot Hélio Amante, de Souza Pedro Elias, Haddad Ana Estela, Wen Chao Lung
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo 455, Sao Paulo, SP 01246-903, Brazil.
J Telemed Telecare. 2009;15(2):64-7. doi: 10.1258/jtt.2008.080704.
There is a high prevalence of leprosy in the Amazon region of Brazil. We have developed a distance education course in leprosy for training staff of the Family Health Teams (FHTs). The course was made available through a web portal. Tele-educational resources were mediated by professors and coordinators, and included the use of theoretical content available through the web, discussion lists, Internet chat, activity diaries, 3-D video animations (Virtual Human on Leprosy), classes in video streaming and case simulation. Sixty-five FHT staff members were enrolled. All of them completed the course and 47 participants received a certificate at the end of the course. At the end of the course, 48 course-evaluation questionnaires were answered. A total of 47 participants (98%) considered the course as excellent. The results demonstrate the feasibility of an interactive, tele-education model as an educational resource for staff in isolated regions. Improvements in diagnostic skills should increase diagnostic suspicion of leprosy and may contribute to early detection.
巴西亚马逊地区麻风病的患病率很高。我们开发了一门关于麻风病的远程教育课程，用于培训家庭健康团队（FHTs）的工作人员。该课程通过一个网络门户提供。远程教学资源由教授和协调员进行调解，包括使用通过网络获取的理论内容、讨论列表、网络聊天、活动日志、3D视频动画（麻风病虚拟人体）、视频流课程和病例模拟。65名FHT工作人员报名参加。他们全部完成了课程，47名参与者在课程结束时获得了证书。课程结束时，共收到48份课程评估问卷。共有47名参与者（98%）认为该课程非常出色。结果表明，交互式远程教育模式作为偏远地区工作人员的教育资源是可行的。诊断技能的提高应能增强对麻风病的诊断怀疑，并可能有助于早期发现。
