ABSTRACT
MOOCs can be used to provide specialized and continuing medical education in times of Covid-19. The procedure to evaluate the satisfaction of this MOOC aimed at primary care health professionals for the detection and management of suicidal risk had descriptive statistics, Cronbach's Alpha, and CHAID analysis (Chi-square Automatic Interaction Detector) to find the factor that most influenced the satisfaction of this course. This evaluation was complemented with thematic analysis. CHAID analysis of this MOOC course, the satisfaction of 53% Excellent was explained by the Course Content Assessment with a value of P <.001. The results of the thematic analysis were that 75% of the learning obtained corresponds to the general objective of the course. 53% of the most relevant topics of this MOOC were considered useful and of interest to their profession. Health professionals liked the final interview and the practical cases, they requested more real cases to better manage the risk of suicide. The achievement of the objective of this MOOC helps to contribute to the prevention of suicide. We can learn that this type of course is feasible at a technological level and that it requires a great commitment or interest from health professionals to carry it out satisfactorily in times of Covid-19. © 2022 IEEE.