Survey and research on online continuing medical education amid public health emergencies
Objective To investigate and analyze the status of online continuing medical educa-tion(CME)amid public health emergencies,and provide the empirical basis for boosting the develop-ment of online CME.Methods In July 2022,an online questionnaire survey on the status of online CME was conducted among medical staff at two Class A tertiary hospitals in a city of Guangxi ran-domly selected by convenience sampling.Two years before the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic(i.e 2018-2019)acted as the pre-pandemic period,and two years after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic(i.e 2020-2021)represented the post-pandemic period.Subsequently,a statistical analysis was carried out on the collected survey data.Results Among 341 medical staff enrolled,the proportion of medical staff who had taken part in online CME activities for no less than 6 times in the post-pandemic period was higher than that in the pre-pandemic period(71.8%versus 49.3%,P<0.05).In the post-pandemic period,the proportion of medical staff aged 35-50(78.4%)or over 50(82.9%),those with senior professional titles(83.9%),and those with 10-20 years(73.5%)or more than 20 years(84.2%)of working experience,participating in online CME activities for no less than 6 times,was significantly higher than that of medical staff aged younger than 35(54.9%),those with intermediate(67.9%)or junior professional title or below(59.2%),and those with less than 10 years(59.1%)of working experience,respectively(all P<0.05).For medical staff in the post-pandemic period,the major accessible approach to CME activities information was internal notifications from the hospital they worked for,and the most frequently used electronic product for on-line CME activities was smartphones;the leading strength of online CME activities was flexibility in terms of time and location,facilitating convenience in balancing learning,work,and personal life,whereas the majority weakness of online CME activities was technology challenges concerning soft-ware and hardware issues such as internet speed and quality,audio/video quality,etc.As for medical staff's requirements for CME training experts,the top three were front-line clinical experts,research-ers,and university professors.Totally 88.6%of medical staff considered continuously promoting on-line CME development necessary even after the end of the pandemic.Conclusion After the outbreak of public health emergencies,medical staff,especially experienced or senior ones,exhibit significantly increased enthusiasm to participate in online CME activities.Online CME has obvious strengths and some weaknesses.It's necessary to push forward online CME reform and improvement in the context of Digital China Construction,thus achieving the digital empowerment of medical education and ad-vancing the high-quality development of medical and healthcare services.
continuing medical educationonline modemedical staffpublic health emergenciessurvey
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