Applicability of the theory of planned behavior in explaining the general practitioners eLearning use in continuing medical education

Background: General practitioners (GP) update their knowledge and skills by participating in continuing medical education (CME) programs either in a traditional or an e-Learning format. GPs' beliefs about electronic format of CME have been studied but without an explicit theoretical framework which makes the findings difficult to interpret. In other health disciplines, researchers used theory of planned behavior (TPB) to predict user's behavior. Methods: In this study, an instrument was developed to investigate GPs' intention to use e-Learning in CME based on TPB. The goodness of fit of TPB was measured using confirmatory factor analysis and the relationship between latent variables was assessed using structural equation modeling. Results: A total of 148 GPs participated in the study. Most of the items in the questionnaire related well to the TPB theoretical constructs, and the model had good fitness. The perceived behavioral control and attitudinal constructs were included, and the subjective norms construct was excluded from the structural model. The developed questionnaire could explain 66 % of the GPs' intention variance. Conclusions: The TPB could be used as a model to construct instruments that investigate GPs' intention to participate in e-Learning programs in CME. The findings from the study will encourage CME managers and researchers to explore the developed instrument as a mean to explain and improve the GPs' intentions to use eLearning in CME.

Changiz, TaherehIsfahan Univ Med Sci, Iran (författare)
Masiello, Italo,Professor,1969-Karolinska Institutet(Swepub:lnu)itmaaa (författare)
Dehghani, ZahraIsfahan Univ Med Sci, Iran (författare)
Mirshahzadeh, NahidossadatIsfahan Univ Med Sci, Iran (författare)
Zary, NabilKarolinska Institutet (författare)
Karolinska InstitutetIsfahan Univ Med Sci, Iran (creator_code:org_t)

Av författaren/redakt...: Hadadgar, Arash; Changiz, Tahereh; Masiello, Italo, ...; Dehghani, Zahra; Mirshahzadeh, Na ...; Zary, Nabil

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