Impacto de un programa de educación médica virtual para mejorar el diagnóstico de enfermedad de Chagas en Latinoamérica

Sebastián García-Zamora; Ricardo López-Santi; Álvaro Sosa-Liprandi; Carina A. Hardy; Andrés F. Miranda-Arboleda; Luis E. Echeverría; José Mauricio Arce; William Uribe; Ezequiel José Zaidel; Luisa Fernanda Aguilera Mora; Darío Di-Toro; Adrián Baranchuk

doi:10.47487/apcyccv.v5i1.341

Authors

Sebastián García-Zamora Servicio de Cardiología, Sanatorio Delta, Rosario, Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6846-0247
Ricardo López-Santi Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Italiano de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1713-326X
Álvaro Sosa-Liprandi Servicio de Cardiología, Sanatorio Güemes, Buenos Aires, Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2195-5020
Carina A. Hardy Servicio de Electrofisiología, Instituto do Coração (Incor), Facultad de Medicina de San Pablo, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3003-3017
Andrés F. Miranda-Arboleda Servicio de Arritmias, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Estados Unidos. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0551-5279
Luis E. Echeverría Clínica de insuficiencia cardíaca y trasplante, Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia, Floridablanca, Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5784-3859
José Mauricio Arce Servicio de Arritmias, Instituto Nacional de Tórax, La Paz, Bolivia. https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8136-5178
William Uribe Sociedad Inter Americana de Cardiología, Medellín, Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8909-9240
Ezequiel José Zaidel Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8349-7507
Luisa Fernanda Aguilera Mora Clínica de Insuficiencia Cardiaca, Instituto Cardiovascular de Mínima Invasión, Jalisco, México. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7095-8842
Darío Di-Toro Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Cosme Argerich, Buenos Aires, Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5524-2769
Adrián Baranchuk División de Cardiología, Universidad de Queen, Kingston, Ontario, Canadá. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3042-6569

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47487/apcyccv.v5i1.341

Keywords:

Chagas disease, Electrocardiogram, Medical education, Diagnosis

Abstract

Objective. Chagas disease poses a public health problem in Latin America, and the electrocardiogram is a crucial tool in the diagnosis and monitoring of this pathology. In this context, the aim of this study was to quantify the change in the ability to detect electrocardiographic patterns among healthcare professionals after completing a virtual course. Materials and Methods. An asynchronous virtual course with seven pre-recorded classes was conducted. Participants answered the same questionnaire at the beginning and end of the training. Based on these responses, pre and post-test results for each participant were compared. Results. The study included 1656 participants from 21 countries; 87.9% were physicians, 5.2% nurses, 4.1% technicians, and 2.8% medical students. Initially, 3.1% answered at least 50% of the pre-test questions correctly, a proportion that increased to 50.4% after the course (p=0.001). Regardless of their baseline characteristics, 82.1% of course attendees improved their answers after completing the course. Conclusions. The implementation of an asynchronous online course on electrocardiography in Chagas disease enhanced the skills of both medical and non-medical personnel to recognize this condition.

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