Open AccessEffect of an Internet‐based Curriculum on Postgraduate Education
Author(s) -
Sisson Stephen D.,
Hughes Mark T.,
Levine David,
Brancati Frederick L.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of general internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.746
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 1525-1497
pISSN - 0884-8734
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30097.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , medicine , the internet , medical education , dissemination , ambulatory , world wide web , psychology , pedagogy , telecommunications , computer science
We hypothesized that the Internet could be used to disseminate and evaluate a curriculum in ambulatory care, and that internal medicine residency program directors would value features made possible by online dissemination. An Internet‐based ambulatory care curriculum was developed and marketed to internal medicine residency program directors. Utilization and knowledge outcomes were tracked by the website; opinions of program directors were measured by paper surveys. Twenty‐four programs enrolled with the online curriculum. The curriculum was rated favorably by all programs, test scores on curricular content improved significantly, and program directors rated highly features made possible by an Internet‐based curriculum.