Abstract
Aims: Self- management education is an essential component of type 1 diabetes care which improves health out-comes. Online mediums of education delivery are growing in popularity, offering a flexible alternative to traditional group education. Interest in online education has increased as healthcare restructuring secondary to covid-19 has restricted face-to-face offerings. We delivered and evaluated a free open online course in type 1 diabetes self- management education.
Methods: Understanding type 1 diabetes was a free open on-line course accessible via registration on an online platform. The course was delivered over a 2- day period in December 2020 and focused on key self- management concepts featuring videos, quizzes and moderated comment sections ac-companied by a daily live Q&A session. The course was evaluated via a post- course questionnaire to establish user feedback and experience.
Results: 216 users started the course, with 106 users completing >75% of the course steps (completion rate 49.1%). Among the 103 users who completed the optional post- course questionnaire, 69 had type 1 diabetes and 21 were healthcare professionals. Most users agreed that the course was easy to follow (95.1%), improved their knowledge of diabetes (76.2%), motivated them to manage their diabetes (79.7%) and improved their self- management confidence (79.4%). Thematic analysis of free- text responses identified appreciation of the peer- learning environment provided with minimal technical difficulties experienced.
Conclusions: Open online courses offer a remotely accessible, engaging and scalable method of self-management education delivery that motivated and improved the self-management confidence of their user base.
Methods: Understanding type 1 diabetes was a free open on-line course accessible via registration on an online platform. The course was delivered over a 2- day period in December 2020 and focused on key self- management concepts featuring videos, quizzes and moderated comment sections ac-companied by a daily live Q&A session. The course was evaluated via a post- course questionnaire to establish user feedback and experience.
Results: 216 users started the course, with 106 users completing >75% of the course steps (completion rate 49.1%). Among the 103 users who completed the optional post- course questionnaire, 69 had type 1 diabetes and 21 were healthcare professionals. Most users agreed that the course was easy to follow (95.1%), improved their knowledge of diabetes (76.2%), motivated them to manage their diabetes (79.7%) and improved their self- management confidence (79.4%). Thematic analysis of free- text responses identified appreciation of the peer- learning environment provided with minimal technical difficulties experienced.
Conclusions: Open online courses offer a remotely accessible, engaging and scalable method of self-management education delivery that motivated and improved the self-management confidence of their user base.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | P176 |
| Pages (from-to) | 65-65 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Diabetic Medicine |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | S1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2021 |
| Event | Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2021 - Online Duration: 19 Apr 2021 → 30 Apr 2021 |
