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A new e-learning package significantly improved health professionals' knowledge and perceptions of home dialysis therapies. This educational tool addresses deficits in understanding home hemodialysis and home peritoneal dialysis options.

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  • Nephrology
  • Medical Education
  • Health Informatics

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  • Global decline in home-based dialysis uptake over the past 20 years.
  • Lack of knowledge among health professionals may hinder patient education on home dialysis options.
  • Need for effective strategies to improve awareness and positive perceptions of home dialysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a web-based education package for health professionals.
  • To increase health professionals' knowledge of home-based dialysis therapies.
  • To enhance positive perceptions of home dialysis options among healthcare providers.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a three-module e-learning package on home dialysis.
  • Testing the package on 88 undergraduate health professionals.
  • Pre- and post-module surveys to assess changes in knowledge and attitudes, analyzed with Wilcoxon signed rank tests.

Main Results:

  • Pre-survey revealed significant knowledge deficits regarding home hemodialysis feasibility.
  • Post-survey showed statistically significant improvements (P < 0.001) in knowledge for eight of nine items.
  • 99% of participants reported increased knowledge about home dialysis after completing the e-learning.

Conclusions:

  • Web-based education modules can effectively enhance awareness and knowledge of home dialysis.
  • The developed e-learning package demonstrates success in improving health professionals' understanding.
  • This approach can help address the decline in home dialysis utilization by improving provider education.