Background
Effective learning can occur at the point of care, when opportunities arise to acquire information and apply it to a clinical problem. To assess interest in point-of-care learning, we conducted a survey to explore radiologists' attitudes and preferences regarding the use of just-in-time learning (JITL) in radiology.
Materials and Methods
Following Institutional Review Board approval, we invited 104 current radiology residents and 86 radiologists in practice to participate in a 12-item Internet-based survey to assess their attitudes toward just-in-time learning. Voluntary participation in the survey was solicited by e-mail; respondents completed the survey on a web-based form.
Results
Seventy-nine physicians completed the questionnaire, including 47 radiology residents and 32 radiologists in practice; the overall response rate was 42%. Respondents generally expressed a strong interest for JITL: 96% indicated a willingness to try such a system, and 38% indicated that they definitely would use a JITL system. They expressed apreference for learning interventions of 5–10 min in length.
Conclusions
Current and recent radiology trainees have expressed a strong interest in just-in-time learning. The information from this survey should be useful in pursuing the design of learning interventions and systems for delivering just-in-time learning to radiologists.
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This study was supported in part by a research grant to C.E.K. from the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR). The authors are grateful to the radiologists who participated in the survey. We thank Ms. Susan Liberski for her assistance in preparing and conducting the survey, and Dr. Paul Nagy for critical review of the manuscript.
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Kahn, C.E., Ehlers, K.C. & Wood, B.P. Radiologists' Preferences for Just-in-Time Learning. J Digit Imaging 19, 202–206 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-005-9242-y
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