RESEARCH ARTICLE
Nephrology “e” Learning Made “e” asier
Tejas Desai*, Cynthia Christiano, Maria Ferris , Tushar Vachharajani
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2011Volume: 4
First Page: 12
Last Page: 15
Publisher ID: TOUNJ-4-12
DOI: 10.2174/1874303X01104010012
Article History:
Received Date: 18/5/2011Revision Received Date: 12/7/2011
Acceptance Date: 15/7/2011
Electronic publication date: 12/8/2011
Collection year: 2011

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Abstract
Healthcare providers (HCPs) are increasingly turning to internet-based resources for learning and acquiring new skills and fulfilling the requirements for continuing medical education (CME) credits. Current nephrology-specific websites offer content but with varying degrees of user-friendliness. One such website, Nephrology On-Demand, has been developed to provide evidence-based content with four important user-friendly features. (http://www.nephrology ondemand.org). These include: 1) multimedia resources and diversity in authorship, 2) automated surfing, 3) mobile device access, and 4) open access materials.
Given the time-constraints placed on HCPs today, providers need to discern websites that will most likely provide the information for which they are searching. Websites that offer user-friendly features can help providers sort through online information quickly and effectively.