Department of Pediatrics, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Department of Pediatrics, WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Research in Newborn Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India.
Indian J Pediatr. 2021 Nov;88(11):1068-1074. doi: 10.1007/s12098-021-03689-6. Epub 2021 Mar 8.
To describe an innovative interactive e-learning method to disseminate knowledge to larger group of participants over a wide geographical area.
The course material included standard training tool "Best Practices in Preterm Care," hosted on Telegram, a cloud-based instant messaging platform. The participants were enrolled in the group created on Telegram by the facilitators and included in-service nurses from India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and UAE. They were mentored by 62 facilitators over 10 wk. Content of each module was loaded every week on two specific days. Mentors specified for that week facilitated learning through discussions. There was a live session every week to address any additional queries and to summarize the key messages of the week. Each week ended with weekly assessments through quiz.
In this course, 4623 nursing professionals from India and Southeast Asian Region involved in providing neonatal care, participated. There were 9939 posts with an average of 126 posts per day. Majority of the participants felt that the topics were relevant (95%) and they were comfortable in asking questions and could clarify their doubts (90%). Majority rated their overall experience as very good to excellent (~98%).
Interactive e-learning using the current approach if channelized optimally seems to be acceptable and feasible method to reach wide geographical area. This, however, needs local champions ready to mentor their own health professionals with context-specific guidance.
描述一种创新的互动电子学习方法，以便将知识传播给更广泛的参与者群体，覆盖更广泛的地理区域。
课程材料包括标准培训工具“早产儿护理最佳实践”，托管在基于云的即时通讯平台 Telegram 上。参与者通过由主持人创建的 Telegram 群组注册，参与者包括来自印度、不丹、孟加拉国和阿联酋的在职护士。他们在 10 周内由 62 名辅导员指导。每个模块的内容每周在两天内加载。指定的导师将通过讨论促进学习。每周都会进行一次实时会议，以解决任何其他问题并总结本周的关键信息。每周结束时，通过测验进行每周评估。
在本课程中，来自印度和东南亚地区的 4623 名从事新生儿护理的护理专业人员参与了学习。共有 9939 个帖子，平均每天有 126 个帖子。大多数参与者认为主题相关（约 95%），他们可以提出问题并澄清疑虑（约 90%）。大多数人将他们的整体体验评为非常好到优秀（约 98%）。
如果以当前方法进行优化，使用互动电子学习似乎是一种可以接受且可行的方法，可以覆盖更广泛的地理区域。然而，这需要有准备好的本地拥护者，他们愿意在特定背景下为自己的卫生专业人员提供指导。
