Background: Providing high quality continuing education is a global dilemma and evidence supports collaborative efforts between high- and middle-income countries. By creating a network between an American pediatric hospital and the Republic of Amernia Ministry of Health, we are working to improve pediatric healthcare outcomes through education and data. We created an online interactive evidence-based practice (EBP) course aimed at primary care and pediatric clinicians to meet international standards and overcome the barrier of location among rural clinicians. While our primary goal was to support and educate Armenian clinicians, we see the benefit of providing the same course to American audiences.
Description: Through a collaboration with a medical librarian and course designers, we developed and tested an English online interactive EBP course based on the framework of ask, acquire, appraise, apply, and assess. We partnered with the Armenian Pediatrics Association to ensure content was tailored to the Armenian context, including open access resources and databases available in Armenian or Russian. Scripted audio was recorded, and designers created motion graphic videos to accompany and demonstrate core concepts, each of which were accompanied with forums, activities, additional reading, and quizzes. We invited clinicians with education or EBP expertise to test the site (n=4) and incorporated their feedback. The course was then translated into Armenian through a partnership with the Armenian Eyecare Project and will undergo a similar user testing process through the Armenian Pediatrics Association.
Conclusion: We will collect data about participants who enroll in the course including their location, clinical role, device used, and fluency level of languages they speak. We will collect data while they interact with the course including modules and activities they complete, how long they spend in each module, and their performance on assessment pieces including pre/post quizzes. Additionally, we will collect participant feedback through an anonymous online survey and may solicit learners who complete the course to participate in semi-structured interviews to gather additional qualitative data.
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