Abstract: SA-PO201
Raising Awareness on AKI: A Latin American Experience
Session Information
- Educational Research
October 27, 2018 | Location: Exhibit Hall, San Diego Convention Center
Abstract Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Category: Educational Research
- 800 Educational Research
Authors
- Lombardi, Raul, Servicio Medico Integral, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Ferreiro, Alejandro, School of Medicine, MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay
- Rosa diez, Guillermo Javier, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Margolis, Alvaro, EviMed, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Yu, Luis, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Younes-Ibrahim, Mauricio, University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Burdmann, Emmanuel A., University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Oeyen, Fátima, AFEd Learning, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Douthat, Walter, Hospital Privado-Universitario de Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Background
Raising awareness on acute kidney injury (AKI) is an essential strategy for minimizing the burden of this lethal syndrome, and so the AKI Commission of the Latin American Society of Nephrology and Hypertension carried out an educational program based on network learning.
Methods
Two online courses with similar methodology were done, one for nephrologists and the other for primary care physicians (PCP). The courses were developed as a distance education, asynchronous online modality with multiple educational strategies: readings, videos, e-rounds and clinical simulation. Knowledge gain was explored through a 10-question test before and after completing the course.
Results
Course for Nephrologist: 779 participants from 21 countries; 52% male; 46% under 35 yrs. Mean qualification increased from 5.87 to 8.01 (36% gain of knowledge). Course for PCP: 2011 participants, 81% of whom physicians. Time from graduation <5 years in 52%. In both courses, clinical simulation was considered the best part and lack of time the main limitation for learning. Because 48% of attendees of the nephrologists’ course stated their will to participate in AKI activities, a Latin American AKI Network site (RedIRA) composed by a brief review, a clinical forum, a self-assessment and a bibliography on AKI was launched on a monthly basis on November 2016. To date there are 335 users from 18 countries.
Conclusion
Distance education techniques were effective for learning about AKI, and are a potential tool for the development of a sustainable structure for communication, exchange and integration of physicians involved in the care of patients with AKI.
Comparative table of course's feaures
| Nephrologists | Primary care physicians | |
| Study workload/duration | 30 hours/2 months | 14 hours/1 month |
| Participants | 779 | 2011 |
| Countries | 24 | 27 |
| Access | For a fee | Free |
| Number of entries to texts | 19289 | 7162 |
| Number of entries to videos | 21384 | 13197 |
| Gain of knowledge | 36.5% | N/A |
| Evaluation good/very good | 94% | 97% |
| The best | Clinical simulation | Educational design |
| The worse | Nothing in particular 65% | Nothing in particular 64% |
| Main limitation for learning | Lack of time | Lack of time |
Funding
- Private Foundation Support