Health Informatics Department, Regional Centre of Excellence in Biomedical Engineering and e-Health (CEBE), University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
Department of Business Information Technology, College of Business and Economics (CBE), University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
BMC Med Educ. 2024 Jun 3;24(1):613. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05585-x.
Healthcare professionals constitute a critical component of clinical care services. To provide the expected service, they must continuously develop their profession through continuous learning. This kind of learning is recognized as continuing professional development (CPD). Traditionally, CPD is offered onsite. Onsite training is associated with some barriers that prevent healthcare professionals from attending such educational activities, including financial difficulties and long distance. This is why online learning is proposed to overcome these barriers.
The main purpose was to evaluate usability, knowledge and challenges of e-learning platforms for CPD of healthcare professionals at University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK).
The cross-sectional quantitative study approach was utilized; the data was collected at the workplace of nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals by using a pre-designed questionnaire. The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 and presented as frequencies.
A significant majority was aware of CPD e-learning platforms. For example, 95.7% of the participants were familiar with these platforms, indicating that they had some degree of knowledge about their existence and purpose. Regarding the mode of accessing CPD courses, 82.1% of participants preferred online platforms, demonstrating a strong will to use e-learning platforms.
This study highlighted a high level of awareness and utilization of CPD e-learning platforms among healthcare professionals at CHUK, additionally, participants expressed confidence in using the platforms but emphasized the need for further support and training.
医疗保健专业人员是临床护理服务的重要组成部分。为了提供预期的服务，他们必须通过持续学习不断发展自己的专业。这种学习被认为是持续专业发展（CPD）。传统上，CPD 是现场提供的。现场培训存在一些障碍，使医疗保健专业人员无法参加此类教育活动，包括经济困难和距离远。这就是为什么提出在线学习来克服这些障碍。
主要目的是评估基加利教学医院（CHUK）医疗保健专业人员 CPD 的电子学习平台的可用性、知识和挑战。
采用了横断面定量研究方法；通过使用预先设计的问卷，在护士、助产士和辅助卫生专业人员的工作场所收集数据。使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）版本 25 对数据进行分析，并以频率表示。
绝大多数人都知道 CPD 电子学习平台。例如，95.7%的参与者熟悉这些平台，这表明他们对其存在和目的有一定的了解。关于访问 CPD 课程的模式，82.1%的参与者更喜欢在线平台，这表明他们强烈希望使用电子学习平台。
本研究强调了 CHUK 医疗保健专业人员对 CPD 电子学习平台的高度认识和利用，此外，参与者对使用这些平台表示有信心，但强调需要进一步的支持和培训。
