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Multicenter Study
. 2004 May;19(5 Pt 2):505-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30097.x.

Effect of an Internet-based curriculum on postgraduate education. A multicenter intervention

Stephen D Sisson  1 , Mark T Hughes, David Levine, Frederick L Brancati
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Multicenter Study

Effect of an Internet-based curriculum on postgraduate education. A multicenter intervention

Stephen D Sisson et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2004 May.

Abstract

We hypothesized that the Internet could be used to disseminate and evaluate a curriculum in ambulatory care, and that internal medicine residency program directors would value features made possible by online dissemination. An Internet-based ambulatory care curriculum was developed and marketed to internal medicine residency program directors. Utilization and knowledge outcomes were tracked by the website; opinions of program directors were measured by paper surveys. Twenty-four programs enrolled with the online curriculum. The curriculum was rated favorably by all programs, test scores on curricular content improved significantly, and program directors rated highly features made possible by an Internet-based curriculum.

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Content display. The didactics section includes full text summary answers that explain the clinical decision and provides links to abstracts or full text articles of key studies.
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Average use by program. For each training program, the percentage of residents completing their 10 most commonly completed modules was calculated, and then grouped according to whether curriculum completion was voluntary or mandatory.
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Mean ratings of curriculum/website features. Program directors were asked to rate features of the website and curriculum on a Likert scale (1 = poor; 5 = excellent). Mean ratings for each aspect, with 95% confidence intervals, is shown.
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