Online Distance Learning Outcomes Compared to Traditional Classroom Learning in Medicine

NCT03079349 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CI #20170222001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 274
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

To test whether the investigator's educational methodology is associated with increasing learning of participants. The investigators second objective is to test the hypothesis that learning in an online classroom would result in similar outcomes as the traditional classroom.

Conditions

Educational Problems

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Pretest and Posttest scores

  Pre course test scores compared to Post course test scores

  3 days

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Traditional vs Online Classroom Learning Scores

  3 days

Study Arms (2)

Traditional Classroom

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Medical Education

Other: Medical Education; Other: Medical Intervention

Online Synchronous Classroom

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Education

Other: Medical Education; Other: Medical Intervention

Interventions

Medical Education OTHER

All candidates in the Active Comparator: Traditional Classroom will take a pre course test of the subject material followed by two 9-hour and one 8-hour educational sessions given over 3 consecutive days. Following the educational sessions all candidates in the Active Comparator: Traditional Classroom will take a post course test.

Online Synchronous Classroom; Traditional Classroom

Medical Intervention OTHER

All candidates in the Experimental: Online Synchronous Classroom will take a pre course test of the subject material followed by two 9-hour and one 8-hour educational sessions given over 3 consecutive days. Following the educational sessions all candidates in theExperimental: Online Synchronous Classroom will take a post course test.

Online Synchronous Classroom; Traditional Classroom

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Licensed Health Care Professional, Active Practice

You may not qualify if:

• Non Licensed Health Care Professional, Non Active Practice

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies: lead

Related Publications (1)

• Carrick FR, Abdulrahman M, Hankir A, Zayaruzny M, Najem K, Lungchukiet P, Edwards RA. Randomized Controlled Study of a Remote Flipped Classroom Neuro-otology Curriculum. Front Neurol. 2017 Jul 24;8:349. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00349. eCollection 2017.

  PMID: 28790966 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Early Medical Intervention

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Preventive Health Services; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Study Officials

• Frederick R Carrick, PhD

  Bedfordshire Centre for Mental Health Research in Association with the University of Cambridge

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Subjects were randomized into a "control" group attending a traditional classroom and a "trial" group of equal numbers participating in an online synchronous Internet streaming classroom.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 8, 2017
• First Posted: March 14, 2017
• Study Start: January 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2016
• Study Completion: March 1, 2017
• Last Updated: March 14, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share