Use of a Training Video to Teach Medical Students About Health Literacy

NCT01460953 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: OHSU IRB00007828
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 110
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

1. 1.Briefly describe the purpose of this protocol: This study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational training video on the topic of health literacy for medical students.
2. 2.Briefly summarize how participants are recruited: OHSU medical students attending mandatory trainings on the topic of health literacy during the 1st and 2nd years of medical school will be invited to participate in the study.
3. 3.Briefly describe the procedures subjects will undergo: Completion of a short self-administered anonymous survey before and after viewing a 23-minute video about health literacy.
4. 4.If applicable, briefly describe survey/interview instruments used: A 12-item pre-test questionnaire and 13-item post-test questionnaire designed to assess individuals' knowledge about health literacy, and intended clinical practices with respect to health literacy.
5. 5.If this is a clinical trial using an experimental drug and/or device, or an approved drug and/or device used for an unapproved purpose, briefly describe the drug and/or device: n/a
6. 6.Briefly describe how the data will be analyzed to address the purpose of the protocol: Demographics and responses to individual items will be reported as frequencies and percentages within the sample. The investigators will use a chi-square analysis to stratify responses by demographic groups and t-tests to measure possible changes over time.

Conditions

Health Literacy

Keywords

curriculum; training; Medical student Knowledge

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in knowledge

  The investigators will measure knowledge about health literacy before and after an educational intervention

  immediately following the intervention, and at 12-month follow-up

Study Arms (1)

training intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Students participating in didactic training

Behavioral: health literacy training video

Interventions

health literacy training video BEHAVIORAL

participants will watch a training video

training intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• st-year medical student at OHSU

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Oregon Health and Science University: lead

Study Sites (1)

OHSU School of Medicine

Portland, Oregon, 97201, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Clifford A Coleman, MD, MPH

  Oregon Health and Science University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 25, 2011
• First Posted: October 27, 2011
• Study Start: October 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2012
• Study Completion: October 1, 2012
• Last Updated: October 16, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-10

Locations

US (1)