Online Training Assessment For Primary Care Professionals Of The City Of São Paulo.

Students who participate in courses and training offered in distance mode receive positive results in learning evaluations. Most studies show improvement in knowledge in pre- and post- course comparisons; however, there are still few evaluations of long-term knowledge retention. This study compares the learning scores of online training for health professionals in three different times: before training, immediately after, and 180 days later. This technological production research includes quantitative, descriptive and multivariate correlational, longitudinal, and panel types. The results show that online training has a positive impact on learning and knowledge retention. Whereas learning can be related to the impact of training, i.e., with the transfer of what was gathered for professional practice, learning retention of online training applied to health professionals represents an important step and assists in identifying the best strategies so expected results are achieved.