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Benefits and Limitations of Text Messages to Stimulate Higher Learning Among Community Providers: Participants' Views of an mHealth Intervention to Support Continuing Medical Education in Vietnam

Lora L Sabin, Anna Larson Williams, Bao Ngoc Le, Augusta R Herman, Ha Viet Nguyen, Rebecca R Albanese, Wenjun Xiong, Hezekiah OA Shobiye, Nafisa Halim, Lien Thi Ngoc Tran, Marion McNabb, Hai Hoang, Ariel Falconer, Tam Thi Thanh Nguyen and Christopher J Gill
Global Health: Science and Practice June 2017, 5(2):261-273; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00348

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    Participant Views of the mCME Intervention With Illustrative Quotes, Thái Nguyên, Vietnam, December 2015

    Abbreviations: FGD, focus group discussion; IDI, in-depth interview; mCME, mobile continuing medical education.

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  • TABLE. Background Characteristics of mCME Participants, Thái Nguyên, Vietnam, December 2015
    IDIs (N=15)FGDs (N=55)Total (N=70)
    Gender, No. (%)
        Female8 (53.3)27 (49.1)35 (50.0)
        Male7 (46.7)28 (50.9)35 (50.0)
    Age, mean (SD), years38.6 (10.5)40.8 (11.2)40.3 (11.0)
    Study arm, No. (%)
        Group 2: medical facts4 (26.7)30 (54.6)34 (49.3)
        Group 3: medical questions11 (73.3)25 (45.4)36 (50.7)
    Response rate during study,a No. (%)
        High4 (26.7)29 (52.7)33 (47.1)
        Medium7 (46.6)0 (0.0)7 (10.0)
        Low4 (26.7)26 (47.3)30 (42.9)
    Practice setting, No. (%)
        Rural12 (80.0)45 (81.8)57 (81.4)
        Town2 (13.3)8 (14.6)10 (14.3)
        City1 (6.7)2 (3.6)3 (4.3)
    Medical specialty, No. (%)
        General medicine8 (53.3)28 (50.9)36 (51.4)
        Obstetrics and pediatrics3 (20.0)11 (20.0)14 (20.0)
        Traditional medicine3 (20.0)12 (21.8)15 (21.4)
        Preventative medicine1 (6.7)4 (7.3)5 (7.2)
    Years in health sector, mean (SD)2.7 (0.4)2.9 (0.5)2.9 (0.5)

    • Abbreviations: FGD, focus group discussion; IDI, in-depth interview; mCME, mobile continuing medical education; SD, standard deviation.

    • ↵a High response rate refers to those in the 90th and 75th percentiles for women and men, respectively; medium refers to those between the 10th and 90th percentile for women and between the 25th and 75th percentile for men; low refers to those in the 10th and 25th percentiles for women and men, respectively.

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Benefits and Limitations of Text Messages to Stimulate Higher Learning Among Community Providers: Participants' Views of an mHealth Intervention to Support Continuing Medical Education in Vietnam
Lora L Sabin, Anna Larson Williams, Bao Ngoc Le, Augusta R Herman, Ha Viet Nguyen, Rebecca R Albanese, Wenjun Xiong, Hezekiah OA Shobiye, Nafisa Halim, Lien Thi Ngoc Tran, Marion McNabb, Hai Hoang, Ariel Falconer, Tam Thi Thanh Nguyen, Christopher J Gill
Global Health: Science and Practice Jun 2017, 5 (2) 261-273; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00348
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