| Summary: | Hægt er að lesa greinina í heild sinni með því að smella á hlekkinn í Additional Links Recent developments in informatics have made distant learning a feasible alternative in continuous education. Over the past few years, community health nurses in Iceland have been offered to take a seven weeks web based training course on postpartum emotional distress. The goal of the course is to teach supportive and evidence based interventions to impact positively on postpartum emotional distress (PED). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the participant’s experience of the course,focusing on education, learning use of technology, and pros and cons of content and context. A questionnaire, which was developed for the purpose of this study, was filled out by 36 of the 39 participants. The mean age of the community health nurses was 48.7 years. The results showed that most (94%) of the community health nurses found their knowledge on postpartum emotional distress increased; however 39% felt that they would have learned more in a traditional lecture setting. Everyone but one found the web based bulletin board discussions with fellow participants helpful. Majority of the community health nurses (58%) thought they had increased their computer skills during the course, and most were ready to recommend it to colleagues. It is concluded that most participants find the course on postpartum emotional distress successful, and a web based course is a realistic continuous education option for practicing nurses in Iceland. Keywords: Nursing, continuing education, mental health, postpartum, evaluation studies. Mikil þróun í upplýsingatækni hefur leitt til breytinga á möguleikum til náms og endurmenntunar. Heilsugæsluhjúkrunarfræðingum hefur undanfarin ár verið boðið að taka sjö vikna netnámskeið sem nefnist „Geðvernd eftir barnsburð“. Markmið þess er að dýpka þekkingu þeirra á vanlíðan kvenna eftir barnsburð og kynna gagnreyndar aðferðir til að draga úr vanlíðaninni. Tilgangur þessarar rannsóknar var að meta ánægju þátttakenda á ...
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