Distance education for evidence-based health hospital managers: partnership between Hospital Sírio Libanês and National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA)

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Simões Gundim R, de Queiroz Padilha R

The intervention: Its Architecture And Objective: Two technologies of telemedicine service were selected for the distance education program: multipoint videoconferencing system with audio and video multidirectional transmission and the virtual environment for access, via Internet, of live classes and on demand. Based on this design the participants can find different ways to interact and learning. The program architecture coordinated by Prof. Dr. Alvaro Nagib Atallah and Prof. Dr. Roberto de Queiroz Padilha, planned a four-hour per week activity program, being two hours of distance activities and two hours of local activities. The topic was divided into six integrated modules, which comprise a structured program for developing competencies and critical and scientific capacity for basing decision making related to using technology; for outlining research about diagnosis, therapeutic, sickness prevention and for the implementation of health policies.

Monitoring: The proposed monitoring was divided in two types: A) Satisfaction survey and B) Evaluation of the impact of the training on the professional life of the participants - both performed by multiple choice questionnaire survey and subdivided into intermediate and final.

Results: The project is still being carried out, but it already has some results on the non-obligatory steps, conducted in December 2006. Survey A - 44 respondents from 95 participants, possible grades from 0 - 10. Grades (average):

a) evaluation of videoconferencing technology 6.5

b) evaluation of web casting technology 6.3

c) evaluation of the training quality 7.5

B monitoring survey instrument, with 80 (85%) of the total participants answering to the multiple-choice question: "Which changes in your professional life has this course provided?"

New focus on scientific reports reading 100%; New care on therapeutic conduct 54%; Critical appraisal of conduct 89%; Meticulous reading and interpreting of the methodology and results of the scientific studies presented 93%; Stimulus to find studies about health evidence 98%.

Conclusion: Whereas the preliminary outcomes indicate further opportunities for technological improvement, they also show that there was positive impact on the professional lives of the participants, through quality improvement in the health systems that they manage.