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Mackenzie SC, Dickson J, Mehar S, Yusof BNM, Alselmi A, Aksi B, Baxter MS, Bickerton A, Bharaj HS, Conway N, Cumming KM, Lim LL, Lessan N, Ghouri N, Flax TT, Osei-Kwasi HA, Teo ME, Waqar S, Hassanein M, Wake DJ. Digitising diabetes education for a safer Ramadan: Design, delivery, and evaluation of massive open online courses in Ramadan-focused diabetes education. Prim Care Diabetes 2024:S1751-9918(24)00065-2. [PMID: 38493066 DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2024.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/10/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
Abstract
AIMS Ramadan-focused diabetes education is critical to facilitate safer Ramadan fasting amongst Muslim people living with diabetes. We present the design, delivery, and evaluation of two parallel massive open online courses (MOOCs) in Ramadan-focused diabetes education for people with diabetes and HCPs. METHODS Two Ramadan-focused diabetes education MOOCs were developed and delivered for Ramadan 2023: one for HCPs in English, and another for people with diabetes in English, Arabic and Malay. A user-centred iterative design process was adopted, informed by user feedback from a 2022 pilot MOOC. Evaluation comprised a mixed-methods evaluation of pre- and post-course user surveys. RESULTS The platform was utilised by people with diabetes and their family, friends and healthcare professionals. Overall, a total of 1531 users registered for the platform from 50 countries, 809 started a course with a 48% subsequent completion rate among course starters. Qualitative analysis showed users found the course a user-friendly and authoritative information source. In the HCP MOOC, users reported improved post-MOOC Ramadan awareness, associated diabetes knowledge and ability to assess and advise patients in relation to their diabetes during Ramadan (p<0.01). CONCLUSIONS We demonstrate the potential of MOOCs to deliver culturally tailored, high-quality, scalable, multilingual Ramadan-focused diabetes education to HCPs and people with diabetes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Scott C Mackenzie
- MyWay Digital Health, Dundee, UK; Division of Population Health and Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Division of Population Health and Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Imperial College London, UK
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- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Department of Dietetics Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Clinical Sciences Department, Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Medical Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Medical Informatics, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Yeovil District Hospital, Somerset Foundation Trust, Yeovil, UK
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- Division of Population Health and Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
| | | | - Lee-Ling Lim
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- School of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK; Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK
| | | | - Hibbah A Osei-Kwasi
- School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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- Edinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Primary Care & Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; British Islamic Medical Association, UK
| | | | - Deborah J Wake
- MyWay Digital Health, Dundee, UK; Centre for Medical Informatics, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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