TABLE 2.
Organism and type of questions in 10 online modulesa
| Disease or organism | Quiz before accessing online modules |
Quiz after accessing online modules |
No. of residents that improved | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of question | No. of residents with correct answer (%) | Type of question | No. of residents with correct answer (%) | |||
| Meningococcemiab | Pathogenesis | 7 (15) | Specimen collection | 43 (93) | 36 | 0.0001 |
| Histoplasmosis | Test sensitivity | 10 (22) | Growth pattern | 45 (98) | 35 | 0.0001 |
| Bacteroides | Susceptibility testing | 18 (39) | Growth pattern | 46 (100) | 28 | 0.0001 |
| Malaria | Staining characteristics | 4 (9) | Staining characteristics | 29 (63) | 25 | 0.0001 |
| Mucormycosis | Growth pattern | 7 (15) | Growth pattern | 30 (65) | 23 | 0.0001 |
| Tuberculosisb | Test sensitivity | 19 (41) | Growth pattern | 35 (76) | 16 | 0.0013 |
| Proteus | Growth pattern | 32 (69) | Biochemical test | 46 (100) | 14 | 0.0001 |
| Influenzab | Specimen collection | 30 (65) | Test sensitivity | 43 (93) | 13 | 0.0015 |
| Pneumococcusb | Biochemical test | 29 (63) | Biochemical test | 41 (89) | 12 | 0.0063 |
| Serratia | Growth pattern | 32 (69) | Growth pattern | 43 (93) | 11 | 0.006 |
a
Organism and type of questions in the 10 online modules that had questions in both assessments and for which statistically significant improvement was observed.
b
Online modules accessed by more than 30 residents.