Table 3.
Perceived quality of continuing education resources.
| Question: Please rate the quality of information received from each of the below resources for continuing education according to the below scales: 1 = poor-quality resource; 2 = somewhat quality resource; 3 = high-quality resource | Total |
Rural |
Town |
Suburb |
City |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 264 (100%) | 33 (12.5%) | 58 (22.0%) | 71 (26.9%) | 102 (38.6%) | ||
| Conventions/ conferences |
Poor-quality resource | 13 (5.0%) | 2 (6.3%) | 3 (5.3%) | 4 (5.6%) | 4 (4.0%) |
| Somewhat quality resource | 100 (38.6%) | 15 (46.9%) | 27 (47.4%) | 31 (43.7%) | 27 (27.3%) | |
| High-quality resource | 146 (56.4%) | 15 (46.9%) | 27 (47.4%) | 36 (50.7%) | 68 (68.7%) | |
| Textbooksa | Poor-quality resource | 53 (20.2%) | 9 (27.3%) | 15 (25.9%) | 16 (22.9%) | 13 (12.9%) |
| Somewhat quality resource | 142 (54.2%) | 20 (60.6%) | 32 (55.2%) | 39 (55.7%) | 51 (50.5%) | |
| High-quality resource | 67 (25.6%) | 4 (12.1%) | 11 (19.0%) | 15 (21.4%) | 37 (36.6%) | |
| Peer-reviewed journalsa | Poor-quality resource | 25 (9.5%) | 1 (3.0%) | 9 (15.5%) | 7 (9.9%) | 8 (7.8%) |
| Somewhat quality resource | 152 (57.6%) | 28 (84.8%) | 35 (60.3%) | 45 (63.4%) | 44 (43.1%) | |
| High-quality resource | 87 (33.0%) | 4 (12.1%) | 14 (24.1%) | 19 (26.8%) | 50 (49.0%) | |
| Other written materials | Poor-quality resource | 22 (8.5%) | 2 (6.1%) | 6 (10.7%) | 6 (8.6%) | 8 (7.9%) |
| Somewhat quality resource | 168 (64.6%) | 26 (78.8%) | 36 (64.3%) | 49 (70.0%) | 57 (56.4%) | |
| High-quality resource | 70 (26.9%) | 5 (15.2%) | 14 (25.0%) | 15 (21.4%) | 36 (35.6%) | |
| DVDs/webinars | Poor-quality resource | 22 (8.4%) | 1 (3.0%) | 8 (13.8%) | 6 (8.6%) | 7 (6.9%) |
| Somewhat quality resource | 111 (42.4%) | 18 (54.5%) | 28 (48.3%) | 26 (37.1%) | 39 (38.6%) | |
| High-quality resource | 129 (49.2%) | 14 (42.4%) | 22 (37.9%) | 38 (54.3%) | 55 (54.5%) | |
| YouTube videos | Poor-quality resource | 47 (17.9%) | 6 (18.2%) | 11 (19.0%) | 13 (18.3%) | 17 (16.8%) |
| Somewhat quality resource | 128 (48.7%) | 14 (42.4%) | 31 (53.4%) | 34 (47.9%) | 49 (48.5%) | |
| High-quality resource | 88 (33.5%) | 13 (39.4%) | 16 (27.6%) | 24 (33.8%) | 35 (34.7%) | |
| Social mediaa | Poor-quality resource | 78 (29.7%) | 9 (27.3%) | 21 (36.2%) | 23 (32.4%) | 25 (24.8%) |
| Somewhat quality resource | 137 (52.1%) | 23 (69.7%) | 34 (58.6%) | 31 (43.7%) | 49 (48.5%) | |
| High-quality resource | 48 (18.3%) | 1 (3.0%) | 3 (5.2%) | 17 (23.9%) | 27 (26.7%) | |
| Blogsa | Poor-quality resource | 83 (31.6%) | 7 (21.2%) | 21 (36.2%) | 20 (28.2%) | 35 (34.7%) |
| Somewhat quality resource | 143 (54.4%) | 24 (72.7%) | 33 (56.9%) | 41 (57.7%) | 45 (44.6%) | |
| High-quality resource | 37 (14.1%) | 2 (6.1%) | 4 (6.9%) | 10 (14.1%) | 21 (20.8%) | |
| Websites/Internet searcha | Poor-quality resource | 32 (12.2%) | 3 (9.1%) | 14 (24.1%) | 4 (5.6%) | 11 (10.9%) |
| Somewhat quality resource | 147 (55.9%) | 22 (66.7%) | 29 (50.0%) | 43 (60.6%) | 53 (52.5%) | |
| High-quality resource | 84 (31.9%) | 8 (24.2%) | 15 (25.9%) | 24 (33.8%) | 37 (36.6%) | |
| Information from child's cleft team | Poor-quality resource | 9 (3.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (6.9%) | 3 (4.2%) | 2 (2.0%) |
| Somewhat quality resource | 32 (12.2%) | 3 (9.1%) | 11 (19.0%) | 6 (8.5%) | 12 (11.9%) | |
| High-quality resource | 222 (84.4%) | 30 (90.9%) | 43 (74.1%) | 62 (87.3%) | 87 (86.1%) | |
| Information posted on hospital websites | Poor-quality resource | 44 (16.9%) | 6 (18.2%) | 11 (19.0%) | 13 (18.6%) | 14 (14.0%) |
| Somewhat quality resource | 143 (54.8%) | 20 (60.6%) | 32 (55.2%) | 39 (55.7%) | 52 (52.0%) | |
| High-quality resource | 74 (28.4%) | 7 (21.2%) | 15 (25.9%) | 18 (25.7%) | 34 (34.0%) | |
| Mentors/colleaguesa | Poor-quality resource | 14 (5.3%) | 1 (3.0%) | 8 (14.0%) | 5 (7.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Somewhat quality resource | 65 (24.7%) | 10 (30.3%) | 11 (19.3%) | 20 (28.2%) | 24 (23.5%) | |
| High-quality resource | 184 (70.0%) | 22 (66.7%) | 38 (66.7%) | 46 (64.8%) | 78 (76.5%) | |
a
Significant result among areas of differing population density based on chi-square test of independence.