TY  - JOUR
AU  - Raumer-Monteith, Lauren
AU  - Kennedy, Madonna
AU  - Ball, Lauren
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/7/27
TI  - Web-Based Learning for General Practitioners and Practice Nurses Regarding Behavior Change: Qualitative Descriptive Study
JO  - JMIR Med Educ
SP  - e45587
VL  - 9
KW  - continuing professional development
KW  - continuing medical education
KW  - web-based
KW  - e-learning
KW  - behavior change
KW  - general practitioner
KW  - practice nurse
KW  - nurse
KW  - medical education
KW  - professional development
KW  - general practice
KW  - web-based learning
KW  - remote learning
KW  - adoption
KW  - perspective
KW  - health care professional
AB  - Background: Supporting patients to live well by optimizing behavior is a core tenet of primary health care. General practitioners and practice nurses experience barriers in providing behavior change interventions to patients for lifestyle behaviors, including low self-efficacy in their ability to enact change. Web-based learning technologies are readily available for general practitioners and practice nurses; however, opportunities to upskill in behavior change are still limited. Understanding what influences general practitioners’ and practice nurses’ adoption of web-based learning is crucial to enhancing the quality and impact of behavior change interventions in primary health care. Objective: This study aimed to explore general practitioners’ and practice nurses’ perceptions regarding web-based learning to support patients with behavior change. Methods: A qualitative, cross-sectional design was used involving web-based, semistructured interviews with general practitioners and practice nurses in Queensland, Australia. The interviews were recorded and transcribed using the built-in Microsoft Teams transcription software. Inductive coding was used to generate codes from the interview data for thematic analysis. Results: In total, there were 11 participants in this study, including general practitioners (n=4) and practice nurses (n=7). Three themes emerged from the data analysis: (1) reflecting on the provider of the Healthy Lifestyles suite; (2) valuing the web-based learning content and presentation; and (3) experiencing barriers and facilitators to using the Healthy Lifestyles suite. Conclusions: Provider reputation, awareness of availability, resources, content quality, usability, cost, and time influence adoption of web-based learning. Perceived quality is associated with culturally tailored information, resources, a balance of information and interactivity, plain language, user-friendly navigation, appealing visual presentation, communication examples, and simple models. Free web-based learning that features progress saving and module lengths of less than 2 hours alleviate perceived time and cost barriers. Learning providers may benefit by including these features in their future behavior change web-based learning for general practitioners and practice nurses. 
SN  - 2369-3762
UR  - https://mededu.jmir.org/2023/1/e45587
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/45587
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37498657
DO  - 10.2196/45587
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/45587
ER  -