Impact of Three Continuing Education Meetings for Community Pharmacists on Weight Management
Evaluation of Three 1-day Educational Intervention to Promote Knowledge and Attitude of Community Pharmacists About Evidence-based Weight Management
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Brief Summary
This study is a three-arm randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effects of 1-day continuing educational meetings for community pharmacists with three distinct educational methods: 1) Didactic lecture 2) Didactic lecture plus case discussion in a large group 3) Didactic lecture plus small group education with simulated patient Knowledge and attitude of the participants would be measured as the study outcome in three periods: pre-education, post-education and 1 month after the meetings.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Jan 2011
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2011
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 15, 2011
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
April 20, 2011
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
May 1, 2011
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 1, 2011
CompletedJuly 26, 2011
July 1, 2011
4 months
April 15, 2011
July 25, 2011
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Knowledge Grade Points and Attitudes(Phase 1)
Obtained through a validated knowledge and attitude questionnaire.
One day
Knowledge Grade Points and Attitudes(Phase 2)
Obtained through a validated knowledge and attitude questionnaire.
One month(average of 4 weeks after the day of training)
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Satisfaction of Participants
One day
Study Arms (3)
Didactic Lecture
ACTIVE COMPARATORLecture plus Case Disscussion
EXPERIMENTALLecture plus Small Group Education
EXPERIMENTALInterventions
2 sessions of didactic lecture with PowerPoint presentations each delivered by a special lecturer. whole education period lasts 3 hours.
2 sessions of brief interactive lectures followed by case discussion sections.
A 1.5 hours session of didactic lecture followed by a session of small group education with 3 simulated patients.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Community Pharmacist
You may not qualify if:
- Less than four hours of daily work in community pharmacy
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Faculty of Pharmacy-Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY CHAIR
Kheirollah Gholami, M.Sc, PharmD
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Arash Rashidian, MD, PhD
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Mohammadreza Javadi, PharmD, BCPS
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Amir Sarayani, PharmD, MPH
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- CARE PROVIDER
- Purpose
- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 15, 2011
First Posted
April 20, 2011
Study Start
January 1, 2011
Primary Completion
May 1, 2011
Study Completion
June 1, 2011
Last Updated
July 26, 2011
Record last verified: 2011-07