An Approach to the Development of a Distance Education Module

• Main Authors: Thusbara E. I. Fernando (Author), Rohini De A. Seneviratne (Author), K. C. S. Dalpathadu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 1997-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 1391-3174; 2579-1451; 10.4038/jccpsl.v2i1.8491
• Keywords: distance education (de), continuing education (ce), development of modules; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270
• Source: Journal of the College of Community Physicians, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 14-21 (1997)

<p><strong>Objective:</strong> To develop Modules on Distance Education (DE) for Public Health Midwives (PHMM) on the postpartum care of the mother and the care of the newborn.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Methodology:</strong> In the preparation of the distance education modules a comprehensive needs assessment was carried out in order to identify the training needs of PHMM.</p><p> </p><p>A nominal group discussion was carried out to determine the most important and appropriate study topics for the programme. A partial participatory method was used to develop the curriculum. The distance education modules were prepared by a team of authors adhering to the standards and the principles of distance writing. The modules were pre-tested on PHMM and appropriate changes were made.</p><p> </p><strong>Results and Conclusions:</strong> Two modules were developed on, "Postpartum care of the mother" and "Care of the newborn". The methodology adopted' was found to be effective in the development of the modules.