[rtpg]

Completion dates are low much like for reasons that completion dates for MOOCs are low.

I have a scheduled time and place for meeting a doctor. Not going will inconvenience many people, so there's a lot of social pressure to go. I've already put it in my calendar, so mentally I've accepted that I'll be doing this for a couple hours. When I go, the next meeting will be scheduled, locking me into a virtuous cycle of commitment.

An online thing I can do on my own time? Ha! We've gotten pretty good at ignoring reminder emails, no set time was put into place, and there's no set rhythm.

The "right" way to test the effectiveness of the program is to still get people scheduled to go to a doctor's office, but instead of talking to a doctor, you use a computer (and schedule the next visit).

For people like me, the main advantage of college wasn't access to the professor's, it's the set timeframe, place, and penalties for not showing up. Same sort of thing applies here I think