TY - JOUR T1 - E-learning: Are all users in front of the computer all of the time? JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 40 IS - Suppl 56 SP - P1275 AU - Josephine Busuttil AU - Sarah Busuttil AU - Martin Balzan Y1 - 2012/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P1275.abstract N2 - Introduction: E-learning has been shown to be an effective useful tool in medical education.Aim: To assess if medical students using e-learning are in front of the screen while using the E-lectures.Method: 87 Final year medical students were encouraged to complete and online respiratory coarse (13 streamed lectures + 13 quizzes). A moodle E-learning management system, collected data regarding login and logout times, number of slides viewed, total time on module, and quiz scores. Project was part financed through EU funds ESF1.19(Malta). Articulate software was used for streaming.Results: 6 lectures with corresponding quizzes were analysed for 43 medical students who completed all modules. 65.5% (Male – 66.7%, Female 64.1%) of the lectures were completed within expected time frame; 19% of lectures logged in for a period les than the duration of the lecture, while in 14.7% duration was longer than twice the total duration of the lecture. Data for 0.8% was not available. Only 16.3% of students completed all the lectures within the established period. 27.9%, 20.9%, 18.6%, missed on one 1,2,3 lectures respectively, while 16.3% missed more than 4 lectures. For log-in less than total duration, the percentage time of lecture completed inversely correlated with the actual total duration the lecture (R2=0.82). 71.6 % of those who completed lectures within the established time completed the quizzes within one hour of completing the lecture.Conclusion: 83.7% found a way to skim through the slides for at least one lecture and/or were not physically available during presenation of the lecture all of the time. The e-learning management systems should be robust so as detect this kind of behaviour before certification. ER -