NCT01269775

Brief Summary

The investigators carried out a randomized controlled trial comparing three methods of teaching. These three instructional methods consist of face to face lecture, interactive internet based teaching and computer based teaching (lecture synchronized with presentation). The hypotheses tested were: a) whether there is a difference between these three methods in knowledge achievement and b) whether there is a difference between Students satisfaction in three groups.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
84

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for early_phase_1

Timeline
Completed

Started Jun 2010

Shorter than P25 for early_phase_1

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

June 1, 2010

Completed
1 month until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

July 1, 2010

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

July 1, 2010

Completed
6 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

January 2, 2011

Completed
2 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

January 4, 2011

Completed
Last Updated

January 4, 2011

Status Verified

January 1, 2011

Enrollment Period

1 month

First QC Date

January 2, 2011

Last Update Submit

January 3, 2011

Conditions

Study Arms (3)

Face to face lecture

EXPERIMENTAL

The lecturer allocated 1.5 hours for delivering the lecture by using provided slides about the topic and 0.5 hours for question and answer.

Other: Teaching Methods

Internet based teaching

EXPERIMENTAL

For providing materials for interactive internet-based group the professor's lecture was converted to an interactive electronic content. This content started with a case introduction followed with asking questions and then based on each student's answer a learning pathway would be assigned to his/her.

Other: Teaching Methods

Computer based teaching

EXPERIMENTAL

For providing material for computer-based group the lecture of the same professor was recorded in studio environment and was synchronized with the slides that were similar to those for lecture-based group. Then the lecture and the slides were converted to a CD as a multimedia CD.

Other: Teaching Methods

Interventions

We carried out a randomized controlled trial comparing three methods of teaching. These three instructional methods consist of face to face lecture, interactive internet based teaching and computer based teaching (lecture synchronized with presentation) regarding medical students' knowledge achievement and satisfaction.

Computer based teachingFace to face lectureInternet based teaching

Eligibility Criteria

Sexall
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • rd year medical school's students

You may not qualify if:

  • It must be their first experience of the course and they must have no previous elective or obligatory study about teaching topic (multiple myeloma).

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Tehran, Tehran Province, 1417653761, Iran

Location

Study Officials

  • Aeen Mohammadi, Instructor

    Tehran University of Medical Sciences

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
early phase 1
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

January 2, 2011

First Posted

January 4, 2011

Study Start

June 1, 2010

Primary Completion

July 1, 2010

Study Completion

July 1, 2010

Last Updated

January 4, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-01

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