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SynthesisJournal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education2019

Effectiveness of Online Cancer Education for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals; a Systematic Review Using Kirkpatrick Evaluation Framework.

Karen Campbell, Vanessa Taylor, Sheila Douglas

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Technology-Enhanced Learning in the Education of Oncology Medical Professionals: A Systematic Literature Review.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2023
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  4. Development and Implementation of an Online Education Program on Advanced Breast Cancer for European Cancer Nurses: ABC4Nurses Project: a Brief Report.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2023
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  7. Exploring the Current Use of Educational Technologies in the Oncology Domain Across Europe: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2026
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  8. Spaced learning versus traditional learning for pharmacists implementing β-lactam therapeutic drug monitoring.American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists · 2026
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  11. An Innovation in Cancer Nursing Education Across Europe: A Pilot Evaluation.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2024
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  17. Development of a Japanese Scale that Evaluates the Level of Nursing Support Provided to Patients for Decision-Making in Cancer Clinical Trials.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Karen CampbellEdinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK. k.campbell@napier.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-6104-9698
Vanessa TaylorUniversity of York , York, UK.
Sheila DouglasUniversity of Dundee, Dundee, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Embedding online learning within higher education can provide engaging, cost-effective, interactive and flexible education. By evaluating the impact, outcomes and pedagogical influence of online cancer and education, future curricula can be shaped and delivered by higher education providers to better meet learner, health care provider and educational commissioners' requirements for enhanced patient care and service delivery needs. Using the Kirkpatrick's four-level model of educational evaluation, a systematic review of the effectiveness of online cancer education for nurses and allied health professionals was conducted. From 101 articles, 30 papers were included in the review. Educational theory is not always employed. There is an absence of longitudinal studies to examine impact; an absence of reliability and/or validity testing of measures, limited experimental designs taking account of power and few attempts to mitigate bias. There is, however, an emerging innovative use of mobile/spaced learning techniques. Evidence for clinical and educational effectiveness is weak offering insights into experiences and participant perceptions rather than concrete quantitative data and patient-reported outcomes. More pedagogical research is merited to inform effective evaluation of online cancer education, which incorporates and demonstrates a longer-term impact.

Indexed as

Computer-Assisted InstructionEducation, NursingAllied Health PersonnelEducational MeasurementHumansMedical OncologyReproducibility of ResultsCancerEducationEffectivenessEvaluationNurses and allied health care professionalsOnlineTheory

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