scholarly journals Digital Education for the Management of Chronic Wounds in Health Care Professionals: Protocol for a Systematic Review by the Digital Health Education Collaboration

10.2196/12488 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. e12488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Martinengo ◽  
Natalie Jia Ying Yeo ◽  
Zheng Qiang Tang ◽  
Kasturi D/O Markandran ◽  
Bhone Myint Kyaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Chronic Wounds ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Digital Education

scholarly journals Digital Education for the Management of Chronic Wounds in Health Care Professionals: Protocol for a Systematic Review by the Digital Health Education Collaboration (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Martinengo ◽  
Natalie Jia Ying Yeo ◽  
Zheng Qiang Tang ◽  
Kasturi D/O Markandran ◽  
Bhone Myint Kyaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Chronic Wounds ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Cochrane Central Register ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Digital Education ◽  
Wide Range

BACKGROUND Digital education is “the act of teaching and learning by means of digital technologies.” Digital education comprises a wide range of interventions that can be broadly divided into offline digital education, online digital education, digital game-based learning, massive open online courses (MOOCs), psychomotor skills trainers, virtual reality environments, virtual patient simulations, and m-learning. Chronic wounds pose an immense economic and psychosocial burden to patients and the health care system, as caring for them require highly specialized personnel. Current training strategies face significant barriers, such as lack of time due to work commitments, distance from provider centers, and costs. Therefore, there is an increased need to synthesize evidence on the effectiveness of digital education interventions on chronic wounds management in health care professionals. OBJECTIVE Our main objective is to assess the effectiveness of digital education as a stand-alone approach or as part of a blended-learning approach in improving pre- and postregistration health care professionals’ knowledge, attitudes, practical skills, and behavior in the management of chronic wounds, as well as their satisfaction with the intervention. Secondary objectives are to evaluate patient-related outcomes, cost-effectiveness of the interventions, and any unfavorable or undesirable outcomes that may arise. METHODS This systematic review will follow the methodology as described in the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. As our systematic review is one of a series of reviews on digital education for health professionals’ education, we will use a previously developed search strategy. This search includes the following databases: the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (Cochrane Library), MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), Web of Science, the Educational Resource Information Centre (ERIC) (Ovid), PsycINFO (Ovid), the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) (EBSCO), the ProQuest Dissertation and Theses database, and trial registries. Databases will be searched for studies published from January 1990 to August 2018. Two independent reviewers will screen the library for included studies. We will describe the screening process using a flowchart as per the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. We will extract the data using a previously developed, structured data extraction form. Included studies will be quality-assessed using the Risk of Bias tool from Cochrane. We will narratively summarize the data and, if possible, we will conduct a meta-analysis. We will use Cochrane’s RevMan 5.3 software for data analysis. RESULTS We have completed the screening of titles and abstracts for this systematic review and are currently selecting papers against our inclusion and exclusion criteria through full-text revision. We are expecting to complete our review by the end of April 2019. CONCLUSIONS This systematic review will provide an in-depth analysis of digital education strategies to train health care providers in the management of chronic wounds. We consider this topic particularly relevant given the current challenges facing health care systems worldwide, including shortages of skilled personnel and a steep increase in the population of older adults as a result of a prolonged life expectancy. CLINICALTRIAL PROSPERO CRD42018109971; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=109971 INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPOR DERR1-10.2196/12488

scholarly journals Mobile Digital Education for Health Professions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by the Digital Health Education Collaboration

10.2196/12937 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. e12937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard Dunleavy ◽  
Charoula Konstantia Nikolaou ◽  
Sokratis Nifakos ◽  
Rifat Atun ◽  
Gloria Chun Yi Law ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Digital Education

scholarly journals Digital Education for Health Professions on Smoking Cessation Management: Systematic Review by the Digital Health Education Collaboration

10.2196/13000 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. e13000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Semwal ◽  
Penny Whiting ◽  
Ram Bajpai ◽  
Shweta Bajpai ◽  
Bhone Myint Kyaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Digital Education

scholarly journals Digital Health Professions Education on Diabetes Management: Systematic Review by the Digital Health Education Collaboration (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhilian Huang ◽  
Monika Semwal ◽  
Shuen Yee Lee ◽  
Mervin Tee ◽  
William Ong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Outcomes ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Diabetes Management ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Traditional Education ◽  
Risk Of Bias ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Digital Education

BACKGROUND There is a shortage of health care professionals competent in diabetes management worldwide. Digital education is increasingly used in educating health professionals on diabetes. Digital diabetes self-management education for patients has been shown to improve patients’ knowledge and outcomes. However, the effectiveness of digital education on diabetes management for health care professionals is still unknown. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness and economic impact of digital education in improving health care professionals’ knowledge, skills, attitudes, satisfaction, and competencies. We also assessed its impact on patient outcomes and health care professionals’ behavior. METHODS We included randomized controlled trials evaluating the impact of digitalized diabetes management education for health care professionals pre- and postregistration. Publications from 1990 to 2017 were searched in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, CINAHL, ERIC, and Web of Science. Screening, data extraction and risk of bias assessment were conducted independently by 2 authors. RESULTS A total of 12 studies met the inclusion criteria. Studies were heterogeneous in terms of digital education modality, comparators, outcome measures, and intervention duration. Most studies comparing digital or blended education to traditional education reported significantly higher knowledge and skills scores in the intervention group. There was little or no between-group difference in patient outcomes or economic impact. Most studies were judged at a high or unclear risk of bias. CONCLUSIONS Digital education seems to be more effective than traditional education in improving diabetes management–related knowledge and skills. The paucity and low quality of the available evidence call for urgent and well-designed studies focusing on important outcomes such as health care professionals’ behavior, patient outcomes, and cost-effectiveness as well as its impact in diverse settings, including developing countries.

scholarly journals Offline Digital Education for Medical Students: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by the Digital Health Education Collaboration

10.2196/13165 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. e13165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhone Myint Kyaw ◽  
Pawel Posadzki ◽  
Gerard Dunleavy ◽  
Monika Semwal ◽  
Ushashree Divakar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Digital Education

scholarly journals Medical Doctors’ Offline Computer-Assisted Digital Education: Systematic Review by the Digital Health Education Collaboration

10.2196/12998 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. e12998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayfaa Abdelmageed Wahabi ◽  
Samia Ahmed Esmaeil ◽  
Khawater Hassan Bahkali ◽  
Maher Abdelraheim Titi ◽  
Yasser Sami Amer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Medical Doctors ◽  
Digital Education

scholarly journals Health Professions Digital Education for Antibiotic Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by the Digital Health Education Collaboration

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhone Myint Kyaw ◽  
Lorainne Tudor Car ◽  
Louise Sandra van Galen ◽  
Michiel A van Agtmael ◽  
Céire E. Costelloe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Digital Education ◽  
Antibiotic Management

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

10.2196/13269 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. e13269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pradeep Paul George ◽  
Olena Zhabenko ◽  
Bhone Myint Kyaw ◽  
Panagiotis Antoniou ◽  
Pawel Posadzki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Medical Doctors ◽  
Digital Education
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