TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of a multimodal, distance learning HIV management course for clinical care providers in India
AU - Chang, Larry William
AU - Kadam, Dileep B.
AU - Sangle, Shashi
AU - Narayanan, Shivakumar
AU - Borse, Rohidas T.
AU - McKenzie-White, Jane
AU - Bowen, Craig W.
AU - Sisson, Stephen D.
AU - Bollinger, Robert C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This course and evaluation were sponsored by a grant from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health.
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - Distance learning is an important tool for training HIV health workers. However, there is limited evidence on design and evaluation of distance learning HIV curricula and tools. We therefore designed, implemented, and evaluated a distance learning course on HIV management for clinical care providers in India. After course completion, participant scores rose significantly from a pretest (78.4% mean correct) compared with the posttest (87.5%, P <.001). After course completion, participants were more likely to be confident in starting an initial antiretroviral (ARV) regimen, understanding ARV toxicities, encouraging patient adherence, diagnosing immune reconstitution syndrome, and monitoring patients on ARV medications (P ≥.05). All participants (100%) strongly agreed/agreed that they would recommend this course to others, and most of them (96%) strongly agreed/agreed that they would take a course in this format again. A pragmatic approach to HIV curriculum development and evaluation resulted in reliable learning outcomes, as well as learner satisfaction and improvement in knowledge.
AB - Distance learning is an important tool for training HIV health workers. However, there is limited evidence on design and evaluation of distance learning HIV curricula and tools. We therefore designed, implemented, and evaluated a distance learning course on HIV management for clinical care providers in India. After course completion, participant scores rose significantly from a pretest (78.4% mean correct) compared with the posttest (87.5%, P <.001). After course completion, participants were more likely to be confident in starting an initial antiretroviral (ARV) regimen, understanding ARV toxicities, encouraging patient adherence, diagnosing immune reconstitution syndrome, and monitoring patients on ARV medications (P ≥.05). All participants (100%) strongly agreed/agreed that they would recommend this course to others, and most of them (96%) strongly agreed/agreed that they would take a course in this format again. A pragmatic approach to HIV curriculum development and evaluation resulted in reliable learning outcomes, as well as learner satisfaction and improvement in knowledge.
KW - HIV
KW - India
KW - Internet
KW - distance learning
KW - evaluation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84867002906&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84867002906&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1545109712451330
DO - 10.1177/1545109712451330
M3 - Article
C2 - 22802357
AN - SCOPUS:84867002906
SN - 1545-1097
VL - 11
SP - 277
EP - 282
JO - Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
JF - Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
IS - 5
ER -