Effect of Online Training in the Continuing Education of Nurses in Hospitals in the Casablanca-Settat Region

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.

Continuous training based on the needs of operating room nurses using web application: a new approach to improve their knowledge

“…The most widespread method of continuous training of medical personnel is the face-to-face training method; many studies have shown that this traditional training method has many limitations, such as not recognizing the needs of learners and their differences and not addressing high-level cognitive skills such as problem-solving. Thinking is creative (22); As a result, many researchers have emphasized that traditional educational methods need to be changed and modi ed by modern educational methods (22,23).…”

“…The results showed that the knowledge of operating room nurses participating in each of the electronic training courses on the principles of move, transfer and Patient positioning in the operating room, cardiac anatomy and principles of ergonomics in the operating room signi cantly increased compared to before participating in the courses (P < 0.001). The results of a review study by Rouleau and colleagues (2019) showed that the knowledge of nurses has increased, especially in the elds of calculation, Preparation and prescription of medicine through electronic education (26); Also, in a review study by Maertens and colleagues (2016), the results showed that the use of electronic education approach in surgical training has the same or more effectiveness than other educational methods in improving the knowledge of medical staff (45); The results of Lhbibani et al's study (2022) showed that the knowledge of nurses in the intervention group (using the e-learning approach) was signi cantly higher than the nurses in the control group (using face-to-face mock training method) (P < 0.05) (22 ); In the study of Sabbagh and colleagues (2017), the results showed that the knowledge level of nurses after the intervention (electronic training of patient safety principles) was signi cantly higher than before the intervention (P < 0.05) (74); The results of the study by Sung et al (2008) showed that the level of knowledge and satisfaction of nurses in the intervention group (combined teaching of pharmacology principles by electronic method and lectures) signi cantly improved compared to the control group (teaching principles of pharmacology by lecture method) (P < 0.05) (55);…”

“…The creation of learning motivation, due to the attractiveness of the e-learning situation, leads to better consolidation. The learned material is stored in the nurses' memory and thus improves their knowledge (22,23,25,(45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50)(51)(52)(53)(54)(81)(82)(83).…”

“…Electronic education has been proposed as one of the complementary educational methods (22,(24)(25)(26)(27), and researchers have concluded to correct the time and place limitations associated with traditional education-the possibility of lifelong learning appropriate to the speci c conditions of each. Inclusive, electronic education increasingly provides easy access to education and can supplement traditional education (22,(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44). In the eld of the operating room, e-learning is also possible due to the possibility of providing cost-effective training, at any time and place, without worrying about endangering the patient's safety, sharing educational materials, facilitating the updating of educational content, using different learning styles according to It has become popular with the needs and abilities of each learner and the adjustment of the learning speed by each learner according to his characteristics (22,(45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50)(51)(52)(53)(54).…”

“…Electronic education has been proposed as one of the complementary educational methods (22,(24)(25)(26)(27), and researchers have concluded to correct the time and place limitations associated with traditional education-the possibility of lifelong learning appropriate to the speci c conditions of each. Inclusive, electronic education increasingly provides easy access to education and can supplement traditional education (22,(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44).…”