PURPOSE: The purpose of this research is to evaluate whether quizzes using moodle are useful for academic achievement in a medical English class and to introduce moodle to educators based on the author's teaching experience. METHODS: After a final examination in a medical English class, the author surveyed (scale of 1 low to 5 high) the degree of satisfaction of students and the usefulness of quizzes provided on the author's homepage using moodle. Students had been recommended to solve the quizzes on the homepage voluntarily. The author analyzed statistical differences of the final examination scores between the students who completed the quizzes and those who did not. RESULTS: A total of 59 students completed the survey (collection rate=81.9%). On the question of satisfaction about the medical English class and the question of usefulness of quizzes, scores of mean, maximum, and minimum were 4.29 (SD=0.56), 5, and 3, and 4.03 (SD=0.72), 5, and 2, respectively. Statistically significant differences in the final examination scores were observed between the students who completed quizzes and those who did not. CONCLUSION: A tool for students' self-directed study is needed for improving academic achievement. In particular, various educational programs and environments provided by moodle are thought to be very useful. The quizzes the author made with moodle were very effective in the aspect of achievement.
Achievement ; Computer-Assisted Instruction ; Educational Measurement ; Humans ; Programmed Instruction as Topic

PURPOSE: The effectiveness of teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in schools is known to be higher among older students. However, several easier programs have been successful even for primary school children. The purpose of this study is to determine the optimal target age for teaching CPR in schools. METHODS: Six classes from the fifth to the tenth grade were randomly selected. A video-based self-instructional program was presented by health teachers in each school using the Korean version of CPR Anytime(TM) during normal school hours. Questionnaires were given after training to determine their degree of confidence in performing CPR, their willingness to perform CPR on a family, a friend, and a stranger, and at what age the children wanted to learn CPR. Skill tests were administered for several volunteer students. One week after the training, the students were asked to what extent they had shared their knowledge of CPR technique with other people. RESULTS: Two hundred one students were given the CPR instruction. The confidence in performing CPR was lowest among seventh grade children. The willingness expressed by the students to perform CPR on a family member, a friend, and a stranger were 99.5%, 95.7% and 58.8%, respectively, with boys in the tenth grade most willing to perform CPR on a stranger. The students responded that it is most suitable to learn CPR at grade 6.4+/-2.4. The highest average skill score of 9.5/11 was for sixth grade. The average distribution rate was 1.23, and again this was highest in sixth grade at 3.72. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that the optimal target school age for CPR education using video-based self instruction may be at approximately the sixth grade.
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation* ; Child ; Education* ; Friends ; Humans ; Programmed Instruction as Topic* ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Volunteers

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to develop a nurse-learning program for the pain management of cancer patients. METHODS: In this methodological study, a learning program was developed between January and June 2011, following the methodological procedure based on the ADDIE Instructional System Design. RESULTS: The learning program consists of 4 parts: learning goal, learning outcomes, learning method, and evaluation method. Learner-centered learning goal and learning outcomes were established, and lecture-based group learning and self-directed study were combined as the learning method. For the evaluation, we developed a written test, a nursing skill checklist, and a case report evaluation tool. After a pilot test, the learning program was assessed by an expert group for its construct validity and content-related conformance. Moreover, the effectiveness of the program was validated by the results of the learning outcomes evaluation and the achievement levels of 40 trainees who participated in the program. CONCLUSION: On the basis of the results of this study, we suggest that this unit-based core nursing practice learning program, comprising 202 nursing units developed by a research institute nursing department since 2010, be shared by all nurses in clinical nursing care settings to improve their practical performance and ensure necessary specialization.
Academies and Institutes ; Checklist ; Humans ; Learning* ; Methods ; Nursing Care ; Nursing* ; Oncologic Nursing ; Pain Management* ; Programmed Instruction as Topic

PURPOSE: This study examined to examine the relationship between intragroup peer evaluation and Self-Directed Learning Readiness (SDLR) in a leadership class that used a project learning method. Moreover, it identified the specific components of the SDLR that predicted the peer evaluation results. METHODS: The research subject pool comprised of 47 3rd year students. Each team was composed of 4~5 members, each of whom evaluated all other members on his or her team SDLR was measured by using SDLR-K-96. RESULTS: SDLR and peer assessment scores had a positive relationship, confirming that SDLR was an important variable that could predict the peer evaluation scores. Among the SDLR factors, 'openness to challenge' was shown to have the highest predictive power for the peer assessment. CONCLUSION: Medical schools should provide students with learning opportunities on leadership through diverse learning methods such as project learning. The ability to do self-directed learning in such a leadership course in medical education is important for successful team building.
Curriculum ; Education, Medical ; Educational Measurement ; Humans ; Leadership ; Learning ; Peer Group ; Programmed Instruction as Topic ; Research Subjects ; Schools, Medical

PURPOSE: To determine the effects of provision of information on mother's problem focused coping ability during their child's intravenous procedure. METHODS: Data were collected from 56 mothers whose children have admitted to pediatric ward in the hospital. The participants included 27 intervention group mothers and 29 control group mothers. For the information intervention, "Programmed Information for Parental Coping before Intravenous Procedure (PIPC-IP)", video program was made based on self-regulation theory for the experimental group mothers. Mother's coping ability was measured by parental supportive behavior, parental beliefs and Profile of Mood State (POMS). RESULTS: Mothers who received PIPC-IP showed significantly higher levels of supportive behavior (t = 3.55, p = .005) and Parental Beliefs (t = 2.95, p = .005), but no significant difference in negative mood on POMS (t = .15, p = .87) compared to mothers in the control group. CONCLUSIONS: These results demonstrate that PIPC-IP is an effective intervention to increase the supportive behaviors and beliefs of mothers' problem focused coping ability but not the negative mood.
*Adaptation, Psychological ; Adult ; Attitude to Health ; *Child, Hospitalized/psychology ; Child, Preschool ; Double-Blind Method ; Emotions ; Female ; Health Education/*organization & administration ; Humans ; Infant ; Korea ; Male ; Mother-Child Relations ; *Mothers/education/psychology ; Nursing Evaluation Research ; *Phlebotomy/adverse effects/psychology ; Problem Solving ; *Programmed Instruction as Topic ; Psychological Theory ; Questionnaires ; Social Support ; Videotape Recording

Information technology use in healthcare education has become a popular medium of instruction. One of the medium of instruction is video assisted learning (VAL). The use of VAL as an instructional method in the teaching and learning of emergency skills is not new. However, there are lack of studies on the perception of using this method in learning emergency skills. This qualitative study involved four focused discussion groups following a VAL instruction on emergency skills. A total of 20 paramedics were divided into four groups. They were involved in a focussed discussion after a VAL instruction session. Findings reveal that the paramedics perceived three major themes which were categorized as : i) advantages of video as teaching tool, ii) barrier in using video as a teaching tool; and iii) suggestions on using video as teaching tool. The findings indicate that the paramedics perceived VAL as a potential tool for learning emergency skills. However, they suggested the language of instruction should be in their mother tongue for better understanding. This implies that using English language has disadvantage in technology enhanced learning for better understanding.
Computer-Assisted Instruction

Virtual reality is the multi-dimensional sensorial environment produced by the computer, Users can play a part in this virtual environment by particular tools. This technology, possessing the characteristics of being lifelike, interactive and imaginative, plays more and more important part in the medical field. For example, in medical training, in physical and psychological treatments, this technology is of great value.
Computer Simulation ; Computer-Assisted Instruction ; General Surgery ; education ; methods ; Humans ; Surgery, Computer-Assisted ; User-Computer Interface

Computer-Assisted Instruction ; Education, Medical ; Internet ; Language ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional

A wide range of e-learning modalities are widely integrated in medical education. However, some of the key questions related to the role of e-learning remain unanswered, such as (1) what is an effective approach to integrating technology into pre-clinical vs. clinical training?; (2) what evidence exists regarding the type and format of e-learning technology suitable for medical specialties and clinical settings?; (3) which design features are known to be effective in designing on-line patient simulation cases, tutorials, or clinical exams?; and (4) what guidelines exist for determining an appropriate blend of instructional strategies, including on-line learning, face-to-face instruction, and performance-based skill practices? Based on the existing literature and a variety of e-learning examples of synchronous learning tools and simulation technology, this paper addresses the following three questions: (1) what is the current trend of e-learning in medical education?; (2) what do we know about the effective use of e-learning?; and (3) what is the role of e-learning in facilitating newly emerging competency-based training? As e-learning continues to be widely integrated in training future physicians, it is critical that our efforts in conducting evaluative studies should target specific e-learning features that can best mediate intended learning goals and objectives. Without an evolving knowledge base on how best to design e-learning applications, the gap between what we know about technology use and how we deploy e-learning in training settings will continue to widen.
Computer-Assisted Instruction ; Education, Medical* ; Knowledge Bases ; Learning ; Patient Simulation

PUPPOSE: The research purposes analyzed the study participation and lecture evaluation of applicants in the cyber hospice specialist education course to find problems of nurse education application on the web. METHOD: Study participants were 125 nurses for participation and 68nurses for lecture evaluation. The data was analysed by descriptive statistics. RESULT: The results obtained from this study were as follows 1) The residence distribution of study participants was spread out across the nation. Equal distribution of education was accomplished without a difference among provinces. 2) The average study duration in the study participation was about one hour and a quarter minutes a week, and number of access to lecture notes was 65.8 times. But in a discussion room and a cooperative room, the system using rate was very low, so we considered the idea to come up with a more effective application way. 3) The participant's lecture evaluation of cyber education were generally satisfied about the quality of lecture, time, contents etc. CONCLUSION: This study shows the possible implication for nursing fields using a web-based learning program for reeducation in a variety of fields, so nursing cyber application can be considered to come up with this more effective method.
Computer-Assisted Instruction ; Education ; Hospices* ; Learning ; Nursing ; Specialization*