Rahavard Salamat Journal

Abstract

Background and objectives: Education is one of substantial tasks for health care workers. Their knowledge of teaching methods has an important role in teaching others. The aim of this study is comparison the effect of education about teaching methods by using educational CD and leaflet on health employee’s knowledge in western health center of Tehran in Iran. Methods: All personnel of western health center of Tehran participated in this quasi-experimental study. The tool for data gathering was a researcher made questionnaire. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire were evaluated by Content test and Test retest and Chronbach’s Alpha tests. Based on the data comes from filling the questionnaire, educational content was planned in form of Educational CD and leaflet and it was corrected by a pilot study. Then, the samples divided in two groups randomly. A group received leaflet and the other group received an educational compacted disk (CD). After ten days, data were gathered again. Before and after education data were analyzed by using Statistical tests.

• The means of knowledge score were moderate in two groups before education. After education, the means of knowledge score was increased in two groups. There was significant differences between the means of knowledge score before and after education in each group (in both of them: p<0/0001). But, there weren’t significant differences between the means of knowledge score in two groups after education. Comparison of the differences of knowledge means in two groups after education didn’t show a significant difference too.
• : Application of leaflet and CD in these workers increased the knowledge of the personnel, but none of them has any advantage to the other.