(99) Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (PAG) WebEd: A Review of Online Learning Module Usage

Background: Pediatric and adolescent gynecology (PAG) is a unique sub-specialty for which accessible educational resources and clinical exposure have been limited; surveys show that trainees in obstetrics and gynecology and pediatrics agree. In 2014, the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG) introduced PAG WebEd, an original interactive online case-based curriculum designed to bridge this learning gap. As of 2023, there are 35 published PAG WebEd cases with key learning points that present, test, and discuss a variety of current PAG topics. The NASPAG Resident Education Committee (REC) compiled and reviewed administrative data from the module platform to investigate trainee utilization and performance.

Methods: This study was supported by the NASPAG board of directors. Data was collected from the NASPAG Learning Portal administrative dashboard for the period between 4/6/2022 and 7/11/2023. Data was included for all users who accessed PAG WebEd; no users were excluded. Reports were limited
to data that the Learning Portal is set up to track, which include: the number of users who accessed and completed a case, the number of users who accessed and completed the assessment questions for each case, and the users’ most recent score from the assessment question sets. Variables were confirmed with the system administrator and data sets were reviewed by two NASPAG REC members.

Results: PAG WebEd includes 35 total cases. There are 161 unique identified registered users. Since 2022, the cases were accessed, on average, by 149 independent users (SD=24.3, range 20-161). All sections of a case were completed only 34% of the time (SD=9.8%, range 20-62%). If all assessment
questions were completed, the user’s most recent score was recorded; these user scores were then averaged for each case. For all cases during the study period, the overall average score was 89.51% (SD=5.24%, range 74.81-98.6%).

Conclusions: This brief report highlights that, given the number of trainees in North America, PAG WebEd is underutilized. Our data is unfortunately limited to information related to access. Some users have accessed each case many times and some have accessed few or no cases. Information about user level of training is also not available. Though PAG WebEd is targeted to trainees, users might share accounts or passwords. Some users may be solely administrative, and some may be a combination of administrator, faculty and learner. However, users all score highly on the case-based online quizzes. Ideally, data collection capabilities will evolve as PAG WebEd access is streamlined and additional users are added to this valuable learning tool.