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Method used: Educating professional workers on Identifying, treating and preventing CAN by e-learning
Results obtained: At present we developed 7 e-modules: Three “two-hours lasting” e-modules (“Recognizing Signals of CAN”, “Acting according protocols on CAN” and “Communication about CAN”) are developed for nurses and physicians working in Emergency Rooms. Three modules are especially designed for nurses and physicians working at child-departments of hospitals. One e-module is custom made for day-care personnel. In 2010 and 2011 more e-modules will be designed for general practicioners and school teachers.
Conclusions reached: Many countries struggle with the same problem: the majority of their professionals (like teachers, day-care workers and physicians) lack knowledge on recognizing CAN. Residency programs lack a required rotation on CAN. Subsidized continuing education only reaches small percentages of these (hundreds of thousand) professionals.
Augeo Foundation, a Dutch charity organisation, strongly believes that e-learning contributes to a solution of this problem. The Foundation founded The Next Page, a complete e-learning system in which we are able to create tailor made courses for all kinds of target groups. The Learning Content Management System (LCMS) is custom made for teaching on CAN and consists of some unique and specific digital pedagogical elements designed for this purpose.
Within a half year after launching the modules more than 40% of the Dutch hospitals are using these e-modules to teach their personnel on CAN! Scientific research showed significant positive effects of the e-learning module on the clinical performance of nurses.
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Smits, A., Dekker, M. & Haagmans, M. 74 Identifying, Treating and Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect (CAN). Pediatr Res 68 (Suppl 1), 40–41 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-201011001-00074
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