Table 4. Participants' satisfaction with the STD Internet-based CE course.

Statements regarding course	Physicians	Midwives
	(n = 173)	(n = 239)
	n (%)	n (%)
The primary objective of this course was substantially or fully achieved*	172 (99.4)	237 (99.2)
The course program was very useful in addressing on-the-job needs and/or improving professional effectiveness†	165 (95.4)	223 (93.3)
Based on the experience with this online course, I definitely would be interested in participating in other online courses in the same field‡	165 (95.4)	221 (92.5)
Based on the experience with this online course, I definitely would recommend it to my colleagues‡	164 (94.8)	226 (94.6)
This type of course was good or excellent compared to other web courses§	168 (97.1)	234 (97.9)

Participants rated the course experiences using the following options:

*1 = not achieved, 2 =  achieved, 3 =  substantially achieved, and 4 =  fully achieved.

^†1 = not useful at all, 2 =  not useful, 3 =  somewhat useful and 4 =  very useful.

^‡1 = definitely no, 2 = probably no, 3 = probably yes, and 4 = definitely yes.

^§1 =  poor, 2 =  average, 3 = good, and 4 = excellent.