Validaçao de conteúdo e aparência de um curso online para a vigilância da influenza

Abstract

In Brazil, acute respiratory infections (ARI) caused by influenza are frequent in the population and demand constant vigilance from the health services, which has urged new educational technologies for coping with the disease. In view of this, the objective of the study is to validate the content and appearance of an online course for the surveillance of influenza, together with judges with experience in the health surveillance and epidemiological network. It is a methodological study, based on Falkemback's (2015) reference and calculation of content validity index (CVI). After the development of the course, there was the apparent validation, content and pedagogical aspects that involved the training, by judges considered specialists in the areas of distance education and epidemiological and health surveillance in the area of influenza respectively. In total, 13 judges participated in this validation stage and analyzed the following points: Accessibility; Usability; functionality; Content; Relevance; Efficiency and Environment. According to the results, the judges were mostly female, eight were nurses and the other were in the area of dentistry, biology, pharmacy, medicine and veterinary medicine and in relation to the content validity index there was consensus among the participants. At the end, it can be said that the course, through specific pedagogical and didactic resources, is a virtual educational technology that has enabled collaborative learning to facilitate learning about influenza.