Investigation of Educational Methods Using E-Learning Teaching Materials to Improve Nurses’ Skills in Promoting Team-based Diabetes Medical Care

Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the educational methods using E-learning teaching materials that were utilized to improve nurses’ skills in promoting team-based diabetes medical care (“the teaching materials”).

Method: The educational intervention using the teaching materials was a three-stage program that was provided up to four times a year via a website, targeting nurses involved in diabetes care. Its effectiveness was evaluated using the Self-evaluation Questionnaires for Nurses to Promote Team-based Diabetes Medical Care, which comprises four viewpoints and 25 items.

Results: A total of 164 (60.3%) nurses received the intervention once. Meanwhile, 108 (39.7%) nurses received such an intervention more than once. In particular, 54, 29, and 25 nurses received the intervention two, three, and four times, respectively. The learning effectiveness significantly increased in the second intervention compared with that before the initial intervention. Nurses who had no diabetes nursing qualifications and received the intervention two or three times had significantly high scores regarding Viewpoint 4: Expressing opinions to the team from a nurse’s perspective.

Conclusion: Providing this educational intervention twice using E-learning teaching materials is significantly effective in learning. Therefore, this method is useful for nursing education that promotes team-based diabetes medical care.