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. 2021 Dec 13;7(4):e31043. doi: 10.2196/31043

Table 3.

Summary of program characteristics (N=13).

Characteristic Frequency, n (%) References
Program type

Workshop 2 (15) [49,50]

Fellowship 3 (23) [32,59]

Biomedical informatics course 2 (15) [35,39]

Data science course 2 (8) [59,61]

Joint course-based program 1 (8) [59]

Educational summit 1 (8) [62]

Certificate program 1 (8) [43]

Artificial Intelligence Journal Club 1 (8) [63]
Program setting

Medical school 6 (46) [39,43,59,61,62]

Academic hospital 4 (31) [32,35,59]

National 1 (8) [49]

International 2 (15) [50,63]
Program length

>1 year 2 (15) [43,61]

>1 month 2 (15) [39,63]

>1 day 1 (8) [50]

≤1 day 2 (15) [49,62]

Not reported 6 (46) [32,35,59]
Program audience

Health care professionals 12 (92) [32,35,39,43,49,50,59,61-63]

Researchers or clinician scientists 2 (15) [59,62]

Health care administrators 1 (8) [62]

Other health disciplines 1 (8) [63]
Continuum of learninga

Undergraduate medical education 5 (39) [39,43,59,62]

Postgraduate medical education 8 (62) [32,35,49,50,62,63]
Program objectivesb

Cognitive or psychomotor 10 (77) [32,35,39,43,49,50,59,61,63]

Affective 1 (8) [39]

Both 2 (15) [59,62]
Program methods

Didactic 9 (69) [32,35,39,43,49,50,59,61,62]

Workshop 2 (15) [49,50]

Case-based 2 (15) [49,50]

Discussions 2 (15) [49,62]

Experiential learning 5 (39) [43,49,59]

Web-based 3 (23) [39,61,63]
Number of methods used

1 method 5 (39) [32,35,59,63]

2 methods 5 (39) [39,43,59,61,62]

≥3 methods 2 (15) [49,50]
Study outcomesc

Level 1 3 (23) [39,49,50]

Level 2a 3 (23) [49,50,62]

Level 2b 2 (15) [35,62]

None 8 (62) [32,43,59,61,63]

aThere are no continuing medical education programs.

bCategorized based on the domains identified in the taxonomy for learning formulated by Bloom [20].

cCategorized based on the education outcomes identified in the Kirkpatrick-Barr Framework [21].