Chronic Viral Diseases Branch, Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
BMC Med Educ. 2009 Dec 2;9:70. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-70.
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) affects at least 4 million people in the United States, yet only 16% of people with CFS have received a diagnosis or medical care for their illness. Educating health care professionals about the diagnosis and management of CFS may help to reduce population morbidity associated with CFS.
This report presents findings over a 5-year period from May 2000 to June 2006 during which we developed and implemented a health care professional educational program. The objective of the program was to distribute CFS continuing education materials to providers at professional conferences, offer online continuing education credits in different formats (e.g., print, video, and online), and evaluate the number of accreditation certificates awarded.
We found that smaller conference size (OR = 80.17; 95% CI 8.80, 730.25), CFS illness related target audiences (OR = 36.0; 95% CI 2.94, 436.34), and conferences in which CFS research was highlighted (OR = 4.15; 95% CI 1.16, 14.83) significantly contributed to higher dissemination levels, as measured by visit rates to the education booth. While print and online courses were equally requested for continuing education credit opportunities, the online course resulted in 84% of the overall award certificates, compared to 14% for the print course. This remained consistent across all provider occupations: physicians, nurses, physician assistants, and allied health professionals.
These findings suggest that educational programs promoting materials at conferences may increase dissemination efforts by targeting audiences, examining conference characteristics, and promoting online continuing education forums.
慢性疲劳综合征（CFS）在美国至少影响了 400 万人，但仅有 16%的 CFS 患者获得过诊断或治疗。向医疗保健专业人员普及 CFS 的诊断和管理知识可能有助于降低 CFS 相关人群的发病率。
本报告介绍了 2000 年 5 月至 2006 年 6 月的 5 年期间的研究结果，在此期间我们制定并实施了一项医疗保健专业人员教育计划。该计划的目标是向专业会议上的医疗保健提供者分发 CFS 继续教育材料，以不同格式（如印刷、视频和在线）提供在线继续教育学分，并评估颁发的认证证书数量。
我们发现会议规模较小（OR = 80.17；95%CI 8.80，730.25）、以 CFS 疾病为相关目标受众（OR = 36.0；95%CI 2.94，436.34）、以及突出 CFS 研究的会议（OR = 4.15；95%CI 1.16，14.83）显著提高了教育展台的访问率，从而提高了传播水平。虽然印刷和在线课程在继续教育学分机会方面的需求相当，但在线课程获得了 84%的总证书，而印刷课程仅获得 14%。这在所有医疗保健提供者职业中都是一致的：医生、护士、医师助理和联合健康专业人员。
这些发现表明，在会议上推广教育材料的教育计划可以通过针对受众、检查会议特点和推广在线继续教育论坛来增加传播力度。
