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Postgraduate Medical Journal 2007;83:502-503; doi:10.1136/pgmj.2007.059501
© 2007 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine.

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Online educational tools developed by Heart improve the knowledge and skills of hospital doctors in cardiology

Kieran Walsh1, Isma Rafiq2, Roger Hall2

1 BMJ Learning, BMJ Knowledge, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, UK
2 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk, UK

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Dr Kieran Walsh
BMJ Learning, BMJ Knowledge, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR, UK; kmwalsh{at}bmjgroup.com

We conducted this study to find out if online learning packages in cardiology enabled users to increase their knowledge and skills. We also looked at how acceptable users found these packages. The journal Heart in association with BMJ Learning produced a series of modules on common cardiology problems. The modules involved a pre-test, a number of interactive cases and a post-test. A total of 1786 users completed these modules. Doing the modules enabled users to improve their score from the pre-test to the post-test by a significant amount (p<0.001). Feedback to the modules was very positive.


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