Imperial College London
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EUR ING Dr Edward A Meinert

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Honorary Senior Lecturer
 
 
 
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@article{Meinert:2021:10.2196/13681,
author = {Meinert, E and Eerens, J and Banks, C and Maloney, S and Rivers, G and Ilic, D and Walsh, K and Majeed, A and Car, J},
doi = {10.2196/13681},
journal = {JMIR Medical Education},
title = {Exploring the cost of eLearning within the field of health professions education: Scoping review},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/13681},
volume = {7},
year = {2021}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Background:Existing research on the costs associated with the design and deployment of eLearning in health professions education is limited. The relative costs of these learning platforms to those of face-to-face learning are also not well understood. The lack of predefined costing models used for eLearning cost data capture has made it difficult to complete cost evaluation.Objective:The key aim of this scoping review was to explore the state of evidence concerning cost capture within eLearning in health professions education. The review explores the available data to define cost calculations related to eLearning.Methods:The scoping review was performed using a search strategy with Medical Subject Heading terms and related keywords centered on eLearning and cost calculation with a population scope of health professionals in all countries. The search was limited to articles published in English. No restriction was placed on literature publication date.Results:In total, 7344 articles were returned from the original search of the literature. Of these, 232 were relevant to associated keywords or abstract references following screening. Full-text review resulted in 168 studies being excluded. Of these, 61 studies were excluded because they were unrelated to eLearning and focused on general education. In addition, 103 studies were excluded because of lack of detailed information regarding costs; these studies referred to cost in ways either indicating cost favorability or unfavorability, but without data to support findings. Finally, 4 studies were excluded because of limited cost data that were insufficient for analysis. In total, 42 studies provided data and analysis of the impact of cost and value in health professions education. The most common data source was total cost of training (n=29). Other sources included cost per learner, referring to the cost for individual students (n=13). The population most frequently cited was medical students (n=15), although 12 article
AU  - Meinert,E
AU  - Eerens,J
AU  - Banks,C
AU  - Maloney,S
AU  - Rivers,G
AU  - Ilic,D
AU  - Walsh,K
AU  - Majeed,A
AU  - Car,J
DO  - 10.2196/13681
PY  - 2021///
SN  - 2369-3762
TI  - Exploring the cost of eLearning within the field of health professions education: Scoping review
T2  - JMIR Medical Education
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/13681
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/86331
VL  - 7
ER  -
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