"Maternal Health and Family Planning Distance Education" experience among physicians: a three-phase study to determine the educational needs, develop education program, and evaluate efficacy of the education administered

This study aims to assess the educational needs of family practitioners and evaluate the efficacy of the ongoing "Maternal Health and Family Planning Distance Education" program conducted by the General Directorate of Health Research (SAGEM) of the Turkish Ministry of Health. This study co...

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Published in:	Advances in medical education and practice Vol. 7; no. Issue 1; pp. 347 - 355
Main Authors:	Ciftci, Bestami, Uzel, Nesibe, Ozel, M Onur, Zergeroglu, Sema, Deger, Cetin, Turasan, S Sare, Karakoc, Ayse Gul, Ozbalci, Semra
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01-01-2016 Taylor & Francis Ltd Dove Medical Press
Subjects:	Birth control Clinical trials Distance learning Education level Education Program Educational materials Efficiency Expectations Family physicians Family Planning Gynecology Infertility Instructional design Internet Maternal & child health Maternal Health Maternal mortality Medical education Medical research Online instruction Original Research Physician Education Pregnancy Primary care Professions Questionnaires Sociodemographics Substance abuse treatment Systematic review Ankara Turkey Turkey family planning education level maternal health expectations physician education education program
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Summary:	This study aims to assess the educational needs of family practitioners and evaluate the efficacy of the ongoing "Maternal Health and Family Planning Distance Education" program conducted by the General Directorate of Health Research (SAGEM) of the Turkish Ministry of Health. This study consisted of three phases. In the first phase, an online survey on maternal health and family planning educational needs was sent to 20,611 physicians via e-mail. Of the 20,611 physicians, 4,729 completed the survey. In the second phase, of the 1,061 physicians registered to the education program, 632 physicians with active participation were included. In the third phase, the preeducation expectations of 287 physicians and posteducation satisfaction of 54 physicians were analyzed with a questionnaire. The majority of the physicians were employed in a family health center (97.4%) and practicing for 16-20 years (23.2%) without any prior in-service training (60.9%). High-to-very high educational need was expressed by 56.4% of physicians for pregnancy, delivery, and puerperality. Topics that the physicians, including both those with ≥16 years in practice and without prior in-service training, expressed need for more detailed content were pregnancy, delivery, and puerperality (37.5%); emergency obstetric approach in the primary care setting (33.1%); and gynecological infectious diseases and treatment approach (32.4%). Following the education program, the participants' expectations were fulfilled in terms of refreshing their knowledge, particularly in the field of Maternal Health and Family Planning (87.1% and 75.9%) and the percentage of participants who expressed that they had sufficient high level knowledge increased from 55% to 68.5%. The education on Maternal Health and Family Planning refreshed the knowledge of participants and highly met the preeducation expectations. Determining the educational needs and expectations of the target population prior to the education program seems to have an important role on determining its overall success.
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ISSN:	1179-7258 1179-7258
DOI:	10.2147/AMEP.S88806