Expert assessment of the “Neonatal Pain Assessment Program” online course

Evaluación de expertos del curso en línea “Programa de evaluación del dolor neonatal”

ABSTRACT

Objectives:  to assess layout quality, visual identity and content of the “Neonatal Pain Assessment Program” (Programa de Avaliação da Dor Neonatal) online course.

Methods:  a descriptive exploratory study. The course was assessed by 24 experts in pain, neonatology and education. A form containing 20 questions on technical, interface and educational aspects was used. For each item, the score ranged from 0 to 1. Mean scores above 0.7 were considered indicative of high quality of the items. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis.

Results:  navigation, clarity, ease of localization, content relevance, contextualization, content correction, multiple windows, ease of use, ease of return, ergonomics, esthetics, special brands, audiovisual resources, information and portability were assessed. All aspects obtained a mean ≥ 0.70 and no changes were required.

Conclusions:  the Neonatal Pain Assessment Program is considered as quality educational technology and promising strategy for health education.

Descriptors: Distance Education; Educational Technology; Infant; Neonatal Nursing; Pain Measurement