Student Evaluation of Distance Learning for Healthcare Professionals.
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BACKGROUND To meet the population s health needs it is necessary to have health professionals highly trained and updated with the latest skills The Brazilian government through the Open University of Brazilian National Health System UNA SUS offers continuing education with free access in distance learning DL modality OBJECTIVE This study aimed to analyze students perceptions regarding didactic and pedagogical aspects related to the content and activities educational resources and tutoring in a module offered by UNA SUS Federal University of Maranh o UFMA METHODS The authors analyzed a sample of 319 students enrolled in four postgraduate classes who had completed the communicable diseases module from 2013 to 2014 and responded to evaluation questions through the Integrated Management System SIGU questionnaire an auxiliary system for processing and interpreting assessments of DL modules offered by UNA SUS UFMA For statistical analysis evaluation variables were dichotomized into either a positive outcome great and good or a negative outcome bad and insufficient Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences SPSS version 18 the significance level was set at 5 p Under 0 05 RESULTS The authors observed that 99 of the students evaluated the module positively Regarding the evaluation of the content and activities 53 169 43 6 139 and 3 4 11 of students evaluated the item unit workload as great good and bad respectively The highest rated item was tutor performance rated as great by 229 71 8 students CONCLUSIONS The results contributed to the improvement of DL courses offered by UNA SUS UFMA from the perspectives of controlling dropout rates and the development of public health services offered in Brazil