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CURRENT ISSUE BACK ISSUES SUBSCRIBE ADVERTISE ABOUT JCEHP FOR AUTHORS JCEHP AWARD SEARCH (Members only) FULL-TEXT		Volume 21 (3) Volume 21, Issue 3, Summer 2001 J Contin Educ Health Prof 2001; 21(3):158-161 ORIGINAL ARTICLES Maximizing the use of a Web-based teaching skills curriculum for community-based volunteer faculty Beasley BW Kallail KJ Walling AD Davis N Hudson L A b s t r a c t BACKGROUND: The University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita created an Internet-based faculty development curriculum for community-based faculty. Because relatively few physicians use Internet-based continuing medical education (CME), the most cost-effective methods of encouraging use need to be identified. METHOD: Five interventions intended to increase use of the curriculum were assessed. The number of times the CME curriculum Webpages were accessed was correlated with the interventions. RESULTS: Demonstrating the Website to faculty at a semiannual meeting elicited the most Website "hits." Electronic mail and flyers also appeared to be effective in stimulating interest in the Website. Only four community-based faculty applied for CME credit for completing the curricular modules. FINDINGS: Multiple modalities should be used in advertising and stimulating interest in an Internet-based faculty development curriculum. Demonstrating the Website to faculty at a meeting appeared to achieve the greatest return. Offering CME credit was not helpful in stimulating interest. Lessons for Practice A multimodal approach, including electronic mail, routine mailings, and large-group demonstration, can encourage community-based faculty to use teaching skills modules located at a faculty development Website. A large-group demonstration of a faculty development Website during a semiannual faculty development dinner elicited the greatest response in use from the community-based faculty. Continuing medical education credit may not be an enticement that stimulates interest in Web-based teaching skills modules. MeSH Terms: Curriculum; Education, Medical, Continuing; Internet; Internship and Residency; Teaching; Voluntary Workers
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