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The Wisdom Project: virtual education in primary care.

A O'Rourke¹, E Dolman, N Fox

¹Institute of General Practice and Primary Care, School for Health and Related Research, Scheffield University, UK. a.j.orourke@sheffield.ac.uk

Health Libraries Review

|October 28, 1999

Summary

The Wisdom Project successfully enhanced primary health care professionals

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Area of Science:

Medical Informatics
Health Professions Education

Background:

Evolving landscape of medical education and training.
Need for digital literacy among primary health care professionals.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the Wisdom Project, a pilot program for teaching informatics to primary health care professionals.
To assess the effectiveness of an e-mail and Web page-based educational model.

Main Methods:

Development and implementation of the Wisdom Project educational model.
Evaluation of project outcomes through data collection and analysis.

Main Results:

Significant improvements observed in knowledge of CD-ROMs, e-mail, Medline, operating systems, Web browsers, and word processing.

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No statistically significant improvement in evidence-based practice (EBP) knowledge.

Conclusions:

The Wisdom Project demonstrates the potential of e-learning models for informatics training.
Lessons learned provide insights for future development of similar educational initiatives in health care.