Sung-Yoon Kang, MD
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Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Sae-Hoon Kim, MD, PhD
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Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea
Yong Eun Kwon, MD
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Department of Internal Medicine, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju, South Korea
Tae-Bum Kim, MD, PhD
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Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
Hye-Kyung Park, MD, PhD
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Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, South Korea
Yoon-Seok Chang, MD, PhD
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Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea
Young-Koo Jee, MD
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Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, South Korea
Sang-Heon Cho, MD, PhD
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Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Hee-Bom Moon, MD, PhD
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Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
Kyung-up Min, MD, PhD
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Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Background: Effective educational tools and implementation strategies are important for the dissemination of guideline. We developed the computer-based interactive education program of asthma guideline named as Virtual Learning Center for Asthma Management and evaluated its usefulness in terms of the improvement of awareness and user satisfaction.
Methods :170 physicians were enrolled from six tertiary hospitals. They utilized the interactive education program for 2weeks for the learning of asthma management guideline. We compared awareness of asthma guideline before and after utilization of the program and investigated the user satisfaction with questionnaire survey.
Results:Mean age of study subjects was 28.2±3.1 and 78(49.4%) of subjects were male. The total score of awareness of asthma guideline was significantly improved from 80.3±6.3 to 85.1±6.9 (p<0.001). All categories of awareness including knowledge, attitude and practice were improved significantly after learning with the program (p<0.001). Satisfactions of users were high in the aspects of usefulness, convenience, interest, improvement of understanding of guideline and elevation of confidence. The most useful section of the program was virtual cyber management of asthma patient.
Conclusion: Interactive education program is a useful and effective tool for dissemination of asthma guideline.
