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Spaced Digital Education for Health Professionals: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Laura Martinengo1,2, Matthew Song Peng Ng3, Tony De Rong Ng3
1Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Journal of Medical Internet Research
|October 10, 2024
Summary
Spaced digital education effectively enhances healthcare professionals' knowledge and clinical behavior, especially surgical skills. This method, using repeated digital learning sessions, shows significant benefits for long-term retention and professional development.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Digital Learning Technologies
- Health Professions Education
Background:
- Spaced digital education utilizes repeated learning sessions with digital tools to enhance knowledge and skill acquisition.
- This educational approach appears to improve long-term retention of knowledge, skills, and clinical behavior.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the effectiveness of spaced digital education for healthcare professionals.
- Assessed impact on knowledge, skills, attitudes, satisfaction, and clinical behavior change.
Main Methods:
- Systematic review following Cochrane and PRISMA guidelines.
- Searched multiple databases (MEDLINE, Embase, etc.) from 1990-2023.
- Included RCTs, cluster RCTs, and quasi-RCTs; meta-analyses used random effect models.
Main Results:
- 23 studies included: 17 spaced online education, 6 spaced digital simulation.
- Spaced online education superior to massed education for knowledge (moderate certainty).
- Spaced online education and digital simulation improved clinical behavior and surgical skills, respectively (moderate to low certainty).
Conclusions:
- Spaced digital education effectively improves knowledge and clinical behavior change in healthcare professionals.
- Demonstrates substantial improvements in surgical skills.
- Supports integration of spaced digital education in health profession training.
Keywords:
continuous medical educationdigital educatione-learninghealth care professionalsmeta-analysisspaced digital educationspaced educationspaced learningspaced simulationsystematic reviewMore Related Videos
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