Formative Evaluation of the MENTOR 2010 Courseware.

摘要

This report describes a formative evaluation of the Medical Education Network, Training for Operational Readiness (MENTOR) in 2010 courseware, which was designed to replace 100 hours of traditional lock-step instruction from the in-residence Flight Nurse/Aeromedical Evacuation Technician (FN/AET) Course as distributed, self-paced training. The MENTOR 2010 courseware was evaluated on training effectiveness, effeminacy, and instructional design. Fifty-six students participated in the evaluation. Each student was exposed to 9 of the 30 MENTOR 2010 modules. Training were measured as increases in scores on achievement tests, increases in self-ratings of levels of knowledge and confidence in specific areas of nursing assessment and aeromedical evacuation(AE) equipment, and positive attitudes toward using the courseware to learn FN/AET knowledge and skills. Results can be summarized as follows. The MENTOR 2010 courseware was able to produce knowledge gains in FN/AET students that equaled knowledge gains produced by traditional classroom instruction. Students receiving FN/AET training using the MENTOR 2010 courseware showed the same level of awareness of their AE knowledge and confidence in applying that knowledge as students trained in the classroom and they spent 14% less time in training than students receiving traditional instruction. However, exposure to the MENTOR 2010 courseware negatively affect students' attitude about MENTOR 2010, specifically, and computer-based training(CBT), in general. The results were compared to standard results obtained across many CBT studies(Kulik, 1994).