Table 2.
Perceived helpfulness and use of continuing education resources.
| Question: When working with children with repaired cleft lip/palate, how helpful have the following continuing education opportunities been? If you have not used a particular type of continuing education resource, please select “Have not used.” | Total |
Rural |
Town |
Suburb |
City |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 268 (100%) | 33 (12.3%) | 58 (21.6%) | 73 (27.2%) | 104 (38.8%) | ||
| Conventions/conferences | Have not used | 98 (37.1%) | 13 (40.6%) | 15 (26.3%) | 32 (43.8%) | 38 (37.3%) |
| Not helpful at all | 13 (4.9%) | 1 (3.1%) | 6 (10.5%) | 4 (5.5%) | 2 (2.0%) | |
| Somewhat helpful | 86 (32.6%) | 13 (40.6%) | 23 (40.4%) | 18 (24.7%) | 32 (31.4%) | |
| Very helpful | 67 (25.4%) | 5 (15.6%) | 13 (22.8%) | 19 (26.0%) | 30 (29.4%) | |
| Textbooks | Have not used | 58 (21.9%) | 10 (31.3%) | 6 (10.3%) | 20 (28.2%) | 22 (21.2%) |
| Not helpful at all | 26 (9.8%) | 2 (6.3%) | 10 (17.2%) | 9 (12.7%) | 5 (4.8%) | |
| Somewhat helpful | 128 (48.3%) | 15 (46.9%) | 32 (55.2%) | 30 (42.3%) | 51 (49.0%) | |
| Very helpful | 53 (20.0%) | 5 (15.6%) | 10 (17.2%) | 12 (16.9%) | 26 (25.0%) | |
| Peer-reviewed journalsa | Have not used | 76 (28.9%) | 15 (46.9%) | 17 (29.3%) | 20 (29.0%) | 24 (23.1%) |
| Not helpful at all | 21 (8.0%) | 2 (6.3%) | 6 (10.3%) | 7 (10.1%) | 6 (5.8%) | |
| Somewhat helpful | 114 (43.3%) | 14 (43.8%) | 25 (43.1%) | 32 (46.4%) | 43 (41.3%) | |
| Very helpful | 52 (19.8%) | 1 (3.1%) | 10 (17.2%) | 10 (14.5%) | 31 (29.8%) | |
| DVDsa | Have not used | 183 (70.7%) | 27 (84.4%) | 36 (63.2%) | 45 (66.2%) | 75 (73.5%) |
| Not helpful at all | 18 (6.9%) | 2 (6.3%) | 7 (12.3%) | 7 (10.3%) | 2 (2.0%) | |
| Somewhat helpful | 38 (14.7%) | 2 (6.3%) | 13 (22.8%) | 8 (11.8%) | 15 (14.7%) | |
| Very helpful | 20 (7.7%) | 1 (3.1%) | 1 (1.8%) | 8 (11.8%) | 10 (9.8%) | |
| Webinarsa | Have not used | 115 (43.7%) | 13 (40.6%) | 20 (34.5%) | 35 (50.0%) | 47 (45.6%) |
| Not helpful at all | 16 (6.1%) | 2 (6.3%) | 9 (15.5%) | 1 (1.4%) | 4 (3.9%) | |
| Somewhat helpful | 71 (27.0%) | 15 (46.9%) | 20 (34.5%) | 16 (22.9%) | 20 (19.4%) | |
| Very helpful | 61 (23.2%) | 2 (6.3%) | 9 (15.5%) | 18 (25.7%) | 32 (31.1%) | |
| Materials from the American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Associationa | Have not used | 127 (48.5%) | 23 (74.2%) | 19 (33.9%) | 40 (56.3%) | 45 (43.3%) |
| Not helpful at all | 11 (4.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (7.1%) | 4 (5.6%) | 3 (2.9%) | |
| Somewhat helpful | 67 (25.6%) | 7 (22.6%) | 24 (42.9%) | 12 (16.9%) | 24 (23.1%) | |
| Very helpful | 57 (21.8%) | 1 (3.2%) | 9 (16.1%) | 15 (21.1%) | 32 (30.8%) | |
| Other: ______________ | Have not used | 80 (68.4%) | 8 (57.1%) | 19 (70.4%) | 22 (78.6%) | 31 (64.6%) |
| Not helpful at all | 2 (1.7%) | 1 (7.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (2.1%) | |
| Somewhat helpful | 14 (12.0%) | 4 (28.6%) | 5 (18.5%) | 2 (7.1%) | 3 (6.3%) | |
| Very helpful | 21 (17.9%) | 1 (7.1%) | 3 (11.1%) | 4 (14.3%) | 13 (27.1%) | |
Note. “Other” responses included cleft team collaboration/observation, expert mentorship/peer mentorship, The Informed SLP subscription, teachers college website and webinars, referencing notes from grad school, past professors, YouTube, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Practice Portal, ASHA Learning Pass, ASHA Special Interest Group 5 papers, onsite competency training at practice location, or learning with client and family.
a
Significant result among areas of differing population density based on chi-square test of independence.