Technology Mediated Learning in Healthcare: When a Picture Paints a Thousand Words

The advent of the information age has presented healthcare providers with opportunities as well as challenges. (1) The internet has opened up access to an expanse of medical information that varies greatly in terms of quality and validity (2). At its best, the internet has the potential to empower the individual and at its worst, to mislead and confuse. This in turn has placed new demands on the healthcare educator and healthcare organisations to address system design issues and ensure that high quality information is accessible to all participants. (1,3) The objective of this study is to develop a process of continual improvement in the production and delivery of technology mediated learning modules in healthcare utilising modern education theory principles and a program evaluation approach to validate effectiveness.