Hackett Jacq, Madden D Lynne, Viney Kerri A, Naylor Carlie-Jane
Jacq Hackett Consulting.
N S W Public Health Bull. 2009 Nov-Dec;20(11-12):182-6. doi: 10.1071/NB09037.
Three population health projects in falls prevention, smoking cessation and refugee health secured funding through the NSW Telehealth Initiative. All were capacity building projects delivered through live videoconferencing sessions between April and August 2007. Videoconferencing as a mode of delivery was evaluated from the perspective of those who delivered the projects.
Qualitative semi-structured interviews with 12 key informants explored for each project: the organisation and delivery of the education sessions; the utility of videoconferencing for delivering training programs; and the perceived potential to apply videoconferencing to other functions.
The projects were all delivered successfully through live videoconferencing. The main benefits observed were: the ability to deliver training to large numbers of people across multiple locations within a relatively short time and for reasonable costs; and the ability to improve access to high quality professional development for rural and remote workers. Technical difficulties were minor. The support required for these kinds of e-learning projects to succeed were identified.
The evaluation confirmed the value of videoconferencing as a vehicle through which equity of access to learning opportunities for population health workers across NSW can be achieved.
通过新南威尔士州远程医疗倡议，三个预防跌倒、戒烟和难民健康方面的人群健康项目获得了资金。所有项目都是能力建设项目，于2007年4月至8月通过实时视频会议进行。从项目实施者的角度对视频会议作为一种交付方式进行了评估。
对12名关键信息提供者进行定性半结构化访谈，针对每个项目探讨了：教育课程的组织和交付；视频会议在交付培训项目方面的效用；以及将视频会议应用于其他功能的潜在可能性。
这些项目均通过实时视频会议成功交付。观察到的主要益处包括：能够在相对较短的时间内以合理成本向多个地点的大量人员提供培训；以及能够改善农村和偏远地区工作人员获得高质量专业发展的机会。技术困难较小。确定了这类电子学习项目成功所需的支持。
评估证实了视频会议作为一种手段的价值，通过它可以实现新南威尔士州全体人群健康工作者获得学习机会的公平性。
