An integrative review of e-learning in the delivery of self-management support training for health professionals

Lawn, Sharon; Zhi, Xiaojuan; Morello, Andrea

doi:10.1186/s12909-017-1022-0

BMC Medical Education

Table 6 Themes and subthemes identified from the findings of the studies

From: An integrative review of e-learning in the delivery of self-management support training for health professionals

Themes	Subthemes	No. of studies	Empirical sources
1. Participants and professions	Nurses	6	[33, 51,52,53,54, 60]
	Physicians/General Practitioners	2	[33, 60]
	Allied health professionals	3	[33, 42, 52]
	Primary care residents	1	[33]
	GP registrars	2	[42, 51]
	Clinicians- not specified	2	[51, 55]
2. Online learning time length	Multiple sessions of 20 min or less	1	[42]
	8 × 30 min	1	[79]
	7 × 20–30 min	1	[54]
	Multiple short integrated consultations	1	[52]
	3 short videos	1	[55]
	Not stated	1	[51]
	4 weekly × 60 min	1	[33]
	1 h+	2	[53, 61]
	4 × 6 h	1	[60]
3. Online learning package content	Problem-solving	4	[42, 51, 55, 79]
	Competencies of self-management	6	[42, 51, 52, 55, 60, 61]
	Motivational interviewing	3	[42, 51, 55]
	Community counseling	2	[33]
	Lifestyle Modification	1	[42]
	Action Planning	4	[33, 42, 52, 61]
	Reinterpretation of symptoms	2	[33, 79]
	Asthma inhaler technique correction	1	[53]
	Goal setting	4	[33, 42, 55, 61]
	Dementia education	1	[54]
4. Guiding theoretical framework	Bandura’s theory	1	[33]
	Flinders CCSM Program	2	[42, 60]
	The theory of planned behaviour	2	[51, 52]
	Intervention mapping	1	[79]
	Rogers [82] 5-stage decisional process- innovations theory	1	[51]
5. Outcome Measurements	Retrospective pre/post intervention questions	5	[33, 42, 51, 61, 79]
	Semi-structured interview	5	[42, 51, 53, 55, 79]
	Patient outcome	5	[33, 51, 53, 55, 60]
6. Identified online learning features or format (instructional design)	Webinar	1	[33]
	Resource Library	2	[33, 42]
	Online Video	5	[53, 60, 79]
	Scenario-based Learning	3	[51, 60, 79]
	Intervention Mapping Framework	1	[79]
	Interactive Modules	3	[52, 54, 60]
	Visual and Auditory information	2	[60, 61]
	Web links	3	[52, 60, 79]
7. Identified online learning barriers	Computer Literacy Skills	1	[60]
	Access	9	[4, 51,52,53,54,55, 60, 61, 79]
	Time	10	[33, 42, 51,52,53,54,55, 60, 61, 79]
	Limited Space	2	[53, 60]
	Personal skills of information selection	3	[51, 52, 79]
	Negative Emotions	1	[33]
	Navigation	1	[5]

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