Authors

Manuel Revuelta-Zamorano1,a, Juan Antonio Vargas-Núñez2, Begoña de Andrés-Gimeno3,a, Cristina Escudero-Gómez4, Pablo Emilio Rull-Bravo5, Héctor Sánchez-Herrero6,a, Almudena Santano Magariño7,a, Montserrat Solís-Muñoz8,a

Position

1Máster en Investigación en Cuidados. Formación Continuada. Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda (HUPHM). 2Doctor en Medicina. Comisión de Docencia. HUPHM. Grupo de Investigación de Medicina Interna, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro-Segovia de Arana (IDIPHISA). Madrid (España) 3Máster en Alta Dirección de Servicios de Salud. Subdirección de Enfermería. HUPHM 4Licenciada. Responsable de la Unidad de Biblioteca. HUPHM. Madrid (España) 5Máster en Bioética. Formación Continuada. HUPHM. Madrid (España)6Máster en Salud Pública. Subdirección General de Información Sanitaria. Ministerio de Sanidad. Madrid (España) 7Máster en Dirección y Gestión de Servicios Sanitarios. Dirección de Enfermería HUPHM. Madrid (España) 8Doctora en Cuidados en Salud. Unidad de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación en Cuidados de Salud HUPHM. Madrid (España)aGrupo de Investigación en Enfermería y Cuidados de Salud. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro-Segovia de Arana (IDIPHISA). Madrid (España)

Contact address

Manuel Revuelta Zamorano. Formación Continuada. Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda. C/ Joaquín Rodrigo, 2. 28222 Majadahonda, Madrid

Contact email: manuel.revuelta@salud.madrid.org

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the implementation of the microlearning educational strategy through the use of a mobile application for the healthcare professionals of a university hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: a survey was conducted on hospital staff. The visualizations of knowledge pills were monitored. The questionnaire allowed to collect information about the sociodemographic profile of participants, the use of educational mobile applications, and of the pills created ad hoc during the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of users registered in the application was of 4,572. The data obtained were analysed through descriptive analysis, using the Student’s T test and the ANOVA test for bivariate analyses.
Results: the study included 633 professionals, with a mean age (SD) of 44.8 (11.1) years; 81.7% (n= 517) were female and 93.5% (n= 592) were healthcare professionals. Nurses represented 41.2% (n= 261) of the sample, and doctors 22.3% (n= 141). During the pandemic, 55.8% (n= 353) of the study subjects had worked providing direct assistance to COVID (+) patients; 94% (n= 595) visualized videos for training / getting information for their professional setting; and 94.9% reported awareness of the knowledge pills by the Formación SanidadMadrid App. The 22 knowledge pills received 25,539 visualizations in total. There was high satisfaction by participants regarding the use of this method for their training during the pandemic.
Conclusions: the microlearning educational strategy, based on knowledge pills available at a mobile application, demonstrated being a key element for the development of new digital training methodologies in the hospital setting during a pandemics scenario.

Keywords:

evaluation; medical education; mobilelearning; microlearning; COVID-19; pandemic

Versión en Español

Título:

Evaluación de las estrategias formativas digitales para profesionales sanitarios implementadas durante la pandemia por COVID-19