Evaluation of a Teaching Curriculum on Disruptive Behaviour Disorders

NCT03151187 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 15/163X
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 278
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The investigators have initiated an education program for residents on the diagnosis and management of disruptive behavior disorders in children. These will be presented as two 2-hour modules to be delivered at an academic half-day for pediatric trainees across Canada. We plan to evaluate the effectiveness of the curriculum by administering a pre and post test. Pediatric residents in Canada all participate in a practical assessment of their skills (an Observed Structured Clinical Examination or OSCE). The investigators plan to develop on OSCE station which assesses the curriculum and randomize programs to do the curriculum either before or after the OSCE. This will help us determine how effective the curriculum is at teaching about disruptive behaviours.

Conditions

Disruptive Behavior

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• OSCE scores

  Observed Structured Clinical Encounter Score

  OSCE scores will be obtained either between 1-6 months before or 1-6 months after the teaching intervention

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Pre and Post test scores

  The first test will be done the day of the teaching intervention, 5 minutes prior to the intervention being given. The test will then be re-administered 5 minutes after the conclusion of the intervention.

Study Arms (2)

Curriculum administered prior to OSCE

EXPERIMENTAL

Programs randomized to this arm will receive the teaching intervention (two 2 hour lectures) prior to the OSCE.

Other: Teaching intervention

Curriculum administered after OSCE

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Programs randomized to this arm will receive the teaching intervention (two 2 hour lectures) after the OSCE.

Other: Teaching intervention

Interventions

Teaching intervention OTHER

Two two hour teaching modules on the diagnosis and treatment of disruptive behaviour disorders in children and youth

Curriculum administered after OSCE; Curriculum administered prior to OSCE

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• General pediatrics residents enrolled in one of the general pediatrics training programs in Canada. Post-graduate years (PGY) 1-4 will be approached for the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Residents not giving informed consent to have their scores shared with the researchers

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario: lead
• University of Manitoba: collaborator
• University of Calgary: collaborator
• Dalhousie University: collaborator
• Children's Hospital of Western Ontario: collaborator
• Northern Ontario School of Medicine: collaborator
• McMaster University: collaborator
• University of Alberta: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L1, Canada

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Problem Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Child Behavior

Study Officials

• Asif Doja, MD

  Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Asif Doja, MD

CONTACT

613-737-7600; adoja@cheo.on.ca

Hilary Writer, MD

CONTACT

613-737-7600; hwriter@cheo.on.ca

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: All programs in Canada utilize a joint OSCE where trainees in all programs do the same OSCE stations twice a year. This allows programs to compare their trainees with the performance of trainees at other centres. This OSCE's typically occur in the Spring and Fall of every year. Our OSCE station will be used as a station in one of these joint OSCE's. In our study, the timing of the educational intervention will randomized; we will utilize a cluster randomization method by grouping sites by the size of their training program. Sites in each group will then be randomized to have trainees complete the educational intervention either before or after doing the OSCE station we have developed.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 5, 2017
• First Posted: May 12, 2017
• Study Start: August 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: May 31, 2018
• Study Completion: May 31, 2018
• Last Updated: January 31, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)