Maetz HM, Walton W, Smith M, Lincoln R, Galvin M, Tryon C, Hayden C, McMacken M, Ring K, Potts L, Edmondson J. "A satellite primer on tuberculosis:" a collaboration in distance education.
J Public Health Manag Pract 1998;
4:46-55. [PMID:
10187066 DOI:
10.1097/00124784-199809000-00008]
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Abstract
"A Satellite Primer on Tuberculosis" was offered as a distance-based certificate course on tuberculosis (TB) fundamentals to a national audience of over 5,000 individuals. The course was a collaborative effort of a school of public health, a state health department, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Instruction was provided through print-based self-study modules that were complemented by live, interactive satellite conferences. Course completers, over 70 percent of whom were nurses and employees of public health departments, scored significantly higher on a course posttest than on a pretest, and the vast majority felt the course provided valuable training.
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