Value | |
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Intervention-Prompted Study Behaviors Among Intervention Group (n=53) | |
% of SMS quizzes answered, mean (SD) | 81.9 (23.1) |
% of SMS quizzes correctly answered, mean (SD) | 52.0 (20.5) |
% of daily hyperlinks accessed, mean (SD) | 18.1 (21.8) |
Ever accessed online CME courses,a % (SD) | 60.4 (49.4) |
Independent Study Behaviors Among Intervention and Control Groups Combinedb | |
Used medical textbooks (ref: 1–3 times/month or <1 time/month) | 61.7 (48.9) |
Consulted with colleagues (ref: 1–3 times/month or <1 time/month) | 44.7 (50.0) |
Researched online (ref: 1–3 times/month or <1 time/month) | 56.8 (49.8) |
Researched website for medical professionals (ref: 1–3 times/month or <1 time/month) | 55.3 (50.0) |
Reviewed HIV guidelines (ref: 1–3 times/month or <1 time/month) | 61.1 (49.0) |
Reviewed scientific papers (ref: 1–3 times/month or <1 time/month) | 42.6 (49.7) |
More use of medical textbooks than before (ref: the same or less) | 62.8 (48.6) |
More consultation with colleagues than before (ref: the same or less) | 43.2 (49.8) |
More research online than before (ref: the same or less) | 60.2 (49.2) |
More visits to researched medical websites than before (ref: the same or less) | 56.8 (49.8) |
More frequent review of HIV guidelines than before (ref: the same or less) | 62.4 (48.7) |
More frequent reviews of scientific papers than before (ref: the same or less) | 50.5 (50.3) |
Total number of study resources used 1–3 or 4 or more times/week, mean (SD) | 3.6 (2.7) |
Abbreviations: CME, continuing medical education; SD, standard deviation; SMS, short message service.
↵a Among the entire study group (intervention and control group combined), 43.4% (SD=49.8) ever accessed the online CME courses.
↵b Sample size for the intervention and control group varied slightly for each indicator, from 93 to 95 individuals, depending on how many respondents answered each question.