Evaluation of an interactive instructional television program in Hansens disease

The use of instructional television (ITV) is becoming increasingly common in developing continuing education programs in Hansen's disease (leprosy). This study attempted to determine if it is educationally advantageous to develop ITV material that incorporates an active learner response as compared with a conventional view-only format among a group of forty-seven profissional nurses employed at a public hospital. Results indicated a clear gain in the knowledge level of those nurses who actively assessed their own progress toward preestablished instructional goals. The study also reaffirms the need to conduct validation studies of mediabased instructional material in order to determine educational effectiveness