Online Digital Education for Postregistration Training of Medical Doctors: Systematic Review by the Digital Health Education Collaboration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, online and local area network-based (LAN) digital education (ODE) has grown in popularity. Blended learning is used by ODE along with traditional learning. Studies have shown the increasing potential of these technologies in training medical doctors; however, the evidence for its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness is unclear.

Objective

This systematic review evaluated the effectiveness of online and LAN-based ODE in improving practicing medical doctors' knowledge, skills, attitude, satisfaction (primary outcomes), practice or behavior change, patient outcomes, and cost-effectiveness (secondary outcomes).

Methods

We searched seven electronic databased for randomized controlled trials, cluster-randomized trials, and quasi-randomized trials from Ja

SUBMITTER: George PP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6410118 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature