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Training In Emerging Advances In Chronic Hepatitis C Infection In Pakistan: The Teach-Pak Project, Faisal Wasim Ismail, Shahab Abid, Minaz Mawani, Wasim Jafri, Saeed Hamid
Training In Emerging Advances In Chronic Hepatitis C Infection In Pakistan: The Teach-Pak Project, Faisal Wasim Ismail, Shahab Abid, Minaz Mawani, Wasim Jafri, Saeed Hamid
Section of Gastroenterology
Purpose: Viral hepatitis B and C represent the primary health challenge confronting Asia and Pakistan. With direct-acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C, patients will be treated by general physicians (GPs) and will need training through continuing medical education (CME). Blended learning is a combination of didactic teaching with online, self-paced learning, and it has not been evaluated as a CME tool for general physicians. We aimed to compare the change in physician's knowledge about chronic viral hepatitis following a blended learning educational program.
Methods: Participants enrolled in a 6 week blended learning program comprising three modules, each of 2 weeks …