Comparison of nursing care learning in air evacuation and transport by lecture and e-learning methods

Considering the importance of air transport and evacuation in the current era and lack of professional forces, educating specialized human power seems to be essential. This research was conducted to investigate the effect of air transport training of nurses by lecture method and e-learning on nurse’s learning levels. This clinical trial was carried out in 2011 in one of Tehran selected hospitals on 60 nurses of different wards who were selected by purposive sampling method. Samples were divided into two 30-member groups and were trained by lecture and e-learning. The effect of training was measure in three levels of knowledge, apprehension and application before, immediately after training and 4 weeks later. Data were analyzed by SPSS 17 software using repeated measures ANOVA test and independent T-test. The mean and standard deviation of scores in all learning levels in the lecture group before, immediately after and 4 weeks after training were respectively 12.03 ± 2.822, 21.10 ± 3.294 and 19.30±4.01 (p<0.001) and were 14.3 ± 3.0706, 21.13 ± 4.416 and 21.33 ± 3.177 in the e-learning group. No significant difference was observed between the groups in the post-test, but a significant difference (p=0.03) demonstrated the effectiveness of e-learning in the recall stage. Due to the effectiveness of multimedia software in the recall stage and time saving, using this method in nurses’ on-the-job training is highly suggested.