RESEARCH ARTICLE
Effect of Online Training in the Continuing Education of Nurses in Hospitals in the Casablanca-Settat Region
Amina Lhbibani1, 2, *, Jabran Daaif1, Said Lotfi3, Malika Tridane1, 4, Said Belaaouad4
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2022Volume: 16
E-location ID: e187443462208100
Publisher ID: e187443462208100
DOI: 10.2174/18744346-v16-e2208100
Article History:
Received Date: 22/10/2021Revision Received Date: 16/11/2021
Acceptance Date: 22/2/2022
Electronic publication date: 12/10/2022
Collection year: 2022
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Context:
Nowadays, e-Learning has become essential for the continuing education of health professionals, especially in developing countries. Its introduction in health care settings guarantees better opportunities for disseminating knowledge and skills.
Objective:
This study aimed to measure the effects of online training “E-learning” on the learning outcomes of nurses in two hospitals in the Casablanca-Settat region with the course “Health planning” as a training theme.
Methods:
This study is an experimental type, including an experimental group that benefited from online training (B, n2 = 30) and a Control group that benefited from face-to-face training (A, n1 = 30). We used a questionnaire to evaluate the nurses' knowledge (general and procedural) in pre and post-training and a questionnaire to evaluate the nurses' satisfaction with using e-learning in continuing education.
Results:
The results show a positive effect of online training on nurses' learning through an increase in knowledge (general and procedural) after comparing the average score in pre and post-training (The p-value is less than 0.05). Also, high satisfaction with the content covered, the methodology used in the e-Learning, and the quality of the platform.
Conclusion:
These results should encourage and motivate those responsible for continuing education to adopt online training as a complementary and promising solution to ensure flexible and continuous continuing education sessions for healthcare personnel.
