TY - JOUR
T1 - Digitising diabetes education for a safer Ramadan
T2 - Design, delivery, and evaluation of massive open online courses in Ramadan-focused diabetes education
AU - Mackenzie, Scott C.
AU - Dickson, Jane
AU - Mehar, Salma
AU - Yusof, Barakatun Nisak Mohd
AU - Alselmi, Adhari
AU - Aksi, Bilal
AU - Baxter, Mats Stage
AU - Bickerton, Alex
AU - Bharaj, Harnovdeep Singh
AU - Conway, Nicholas
AU - Cumming, Kirsten M.
AU - Lim, Lee-Ling
AU - Lessan, Nader
AU - Ghouri, Nazim
AU - Flax, Tracey T.
AU - Osei-Kwasi, Hibbah A.
AU - Teo, Michelle ES
AU - Waqar, Salman
AU - Hassanein, Mohamed
AU - Wake, Deborah J.
N1 - Copyright:
© 2024 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Primary Care Diabetes Europe
PY - 2024/6
Y1 - 2024/6
N2 - Aims: Ramadan-focused diabetes education is critical to facilitate safer Ramadan fasting amongst Muslim people living with diabetes. We present the design, delivery, and evaluation of two parallel massive open online courses (MOOCs) in Ramadan-focused diabetes education for people with diabetes and HCPs. Methods: Two Ramadan-focused diabetes education MOOCs were developed and delivered for Ramadan 2023: one for HCPs in English, and another for people with diabetes in English, Arabic and Malay. A user-centred iterative design process was adopted, informed by user feedback from a 2022 pilot MOOC. Evaluation comprised a mixed-methods evaluation of pre- and post-course user surveys. Results: The platform was utilised by people with diabetes and their family, friends and healthcare professionals. Overall, a total of 1531 users registered for the platform from 50 countries, 809 started a course with a 48% subsequent completion rate among course starters. Qualitative analysis showed users found the course a user-friendly and authoritative information source. In the HCP MOOC, users reported improved post-MOOC Ramadan awareness, associated diabetes knowledge and ability to assess and advise patients in relation to their diabetes during Ramadan (p<0.01). Conclusions: We demonstrate the potential of MOOCs to deliver culturally tailored, high-quality, scalable, multilingual Ramadan-focused diabetes education to HCPs and people with diabetes.
AB - Aims: Ramadan-focused diabetes education is critical to facilitate safer Ramadan fasting amongst Muslim people living with diabetes. We present the design, delivery, and evaluation of two parallel massive open online courses (MOOCs) in Ramadan-focused diabetes education for people with diabetes and HCPs. Methods: Two Ramadan-focused diabetes education MOOCs were developed and delivered for Ramadan 2023: one for HCPs in English, and another for people with diabetes in English, Arabic and Malay. A user-centred iterative design process was adopted, informed by user feedback from a 2022 pilot MOOC. Evaluation comprised a mixed-methods evaluation of pre- and post-course user surveys. Results: The platform was utilised by people with diabetes and their family, friends and healthcare professionals. Overall, a total of 1531 users registered for the platform from 50 countries, 809 started a course with a 48% subsequent completion rate among course starters. Qualitative analysis showed users found the course a user-friendly and authoritative information source. In the HCP MOOC, users reported improved post-MOOC Ramadan awareness, associated diabetes knowledge and ability to assess and advise patients in relation to their diabetes during Ramadan (p<0.01). Conclusions: We demonstrate the potential of MOOCs to deliver culturally tailored, high-quality, scalable, multilingual Ramadan-focused diabetes education to HCPs and people with diabetes.
KW - Diabetes
KW - Fasting
KW - Massive open online course
KW - Ramadan
KW - Self-management education
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pcd.2024.03.002
DO - 10.1016/j.pcd.2024.03.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 38493066
SN - 1878-0210
VL - 18
SP - 340
EP - 346
JO - Primary care diabetes
JF - Primary care diabetes
IS - 3
ER -
