Journal of Health and Biomedical Informatics

Introduction: Today, the use of information technology in education, is one of the most important goals of many educational institutions around the world and Iran, due to its advantages including the possibility to be used at any time and place. ACECR  branch of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, as one of the organizers of specialized training courses, has already organized some e-learning courses. In this research, we tried to examine the role of each of the effective factors in e-learning in the success rate of this type of education.
Methods: In this descriptive study, the effect of six factors, from the perspective of the four groups of participants, professors and ACECR (Iranian academic center for education, culture and research) staff and managers, was measured in 2010-2011, through using a researcher-made questionnaire including 39 questions on Likert scale. The questionnaire was sent via e-mail to 420 people and a total of 188 people participated in this study. The collected data were analyzed through SPSS software and using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. 
Results: The results indicated the importance of all studied factors with the order of management, educational content, facilities, teachers, rules and learner.
Conclusion: Although the difference between the effective factors is negligible, the extra effort of authorities to remove the shortcomings and weaknesses of the three main and effective factors of management, educational content and facilities needed for the success of e-earning is required