Table 2.
Description of online interventions for replication
| Study | Field (target group) | Learning topic/objectives | Component ingredients and application | No. of sessions | Learning time | Duration available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical knowledge | ||||||
| Simonsen 2014 | Pharmacology (nurses) | Drug dose calculations: a review of the basic theory of the different types of calculations. | Interactive tests, hints and suggested solutions, access to a collection of tests with feedback on answers | One-off | Two days | 2-day course |
| Worm 2013 | Anaesthesiology (nurses) | Lung volume curve and cases related to this and pulmonology. | Clinical cases, pictures and explanation, and presentation | At learners discretion | n/r | 2 weeks |
| Fordis 2005 | General practice (medics) | To improve knowledge of and behaviour in line with NIH cholesterol management guidelines | Video and text, interactive cases with feedback, enabling tools (e.g. risk assessment calculator). Participants could also send questions to faculty members via e-mail. | At learners discretion | 1.5-2 h | 2 weeks |
| Hugenholtz 2008 | Mental health (occupational therapists) | Education on diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment related to mental health and work. | Videos, cases to solve, multiple choice questions, links to relevant literature | One-off session | 30 min | n/a |
| Padalino 2007 | Quality tools (nurses) | Quality/process improvement | PowerPoint presentation | One-off session | 40 min | Any point in a single night shift |
| Applied Knowledge/Skills | ||||||
| Beyea 2007 | Family medicine (medics) | Particle repositioning manoeuvre (PRM) for treating benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). | Series of slides (text and diagrams) detailing PRM procedure. | One-off session | 15 min | n/a |
| Chenkin 2008 | Emergency medicine (medics) | Ultrasound guided vascular access (UGVA) for insertion of central, intravenous, and arterial lines. | Included videos, animations, self-assessment, quizzes, and nonlinear navigation. 2 h practical after online course (no instructors present) | One-off session | 1 h | n/a |
| Makinen 2006 | Geriatrics (nursing) | Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation (CPR-D) | A case scenario, videos and pictures, links, and questions with feedback. | At learners discretion | 15-30 min | 2 weeks |
| Platz 2011 | Emergency medicine and surgery (medics) | (i) Ultrasound physics and instrumentation, and (ii) extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma. | Narrated lectures, text, pictures, video clips, 5-min Q&A | One-off session | 1 h | n/a |
| Delivery of Complex interventions | ||||||
| Bello 2005 | Anaesthesiology (medics) | Traditional tracheal intubation and alternative airway management methods. | Text and graphical slides, video demonstrations of each procedure, discussion forum with instructors (3 live sessions) | At learners discretion | 5 h | 36 h |
| Dimeff 2008 | Mental health (psychologists/counsellors) | Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), a complex, multi-modal treatment. The training focused solely on the group skills training component of DBT. | Audio and visual material, expert insights, practice exercises, clinical simulations with fictional DBT patients, knowledge checks, printable downloads | At learners discretion | 20 h | 90 days |
| Hearty 2013 | Orthopaedics (medics) | Performing a closed reduction and percutaneous pinning of a paediatric extension-type supracondylar humeral fracture. | Fully narrated goal based modules that include multimedia such as diagrams, radiographs, animation, and video clips. Self-evaluation tool. | At learners discretion | n/r (12 modules) | n/r |
| Maloney 2011 | Falls prevention (allied health mix) | Exercise prescription for falls prevention | Self-directed reading, formative quizzes, interactive skills-practice with feedback (through uploading digital footage), videos, and reflexive tasks. Also included web based discussions with tutor | At learners discretion | 7 h | 4 weeks |
| Sholomskas 2005 | Mental health (psychologists/counsellors) | CBT for substance-abuse | Highly text based, multiple choice tests with feedback, case vignettes with exemplary responses | 3 months | 20 h | duration of trial |