healthcare staff’s attitude toward the e-learning on-the-job courses and its association with self-assessment effectiveness of these programs

Background: healthcare workers are frequently too preoccupied with their jobs to attend regular educational sessions. e-learning is one of the most effective ways to empower healthcare workers and better utilize their skills. in the present study, we aimed to measure the correlation between the attitude toward e-learning and teaching effectiveness through self-assessment after the e-learning courses for healthcare staff. methods: in this cross-sectional study, all the healthcare staff working in bushehr urban healthcare center, bushehr, iran, were enrolled via the census sampling method from april to june 2019 (n=219). the topics covered in the e-learning courses were poisoning, introduction to the pre-hospital management system, occupational risks, infection control, and psychological wellbeing. we used the attitude toward e-learning questionnaire, consisting of 20 questions, in addition to self-assessment of teaching effectiveness questionnaire, comprising 35 questions. spss software version 21 was utilized for data analysis. results: overall, 102 (46.6%) men and 117 (53.4%) women were enrolled in the study. the total mean score of the attitude toward e-learning on-the-job courses was 62.86±6.14 and the total mean score of self-assessment of teaching effectiveness was 115.4±26.75. according to the obtained results, there was a weak, positive, significant correlation between these two scores (r=0.20, p=0.003). the mean score of the attitude toward e-learning on-the-job courses was significantly lower in the high-educated staff in comparison with that in the other staff (p<0.001). conclusion: we observed a higher score for attitude toward e-learning on-the-job courses among the health care staff compared with the score of self-assessment of teaching effectiveness. in order to create a positive attitude in employees about virtual courses, policymaking can contribute to increasing the effectiveness of those courses and improving employee performance.