The Study Guide Cluster Randomized Control Trial
Can an App Improve the Examination Scores of Family Medicine Residents? A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
1 other identifier
interventional
634
1 country
1
Brief Summary
Spaced education is a promising theory-driven strategy to improve clinical competence. Our aim is to improve the clinical competence of Family Physicians, an outcome associated with the quality of care delivered to Canadians.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Oct 2017
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
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
October 6, 2017
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
October 17, 2017
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
October 18, 2017
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
May 31, 2019
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 1, 2019
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
February 12, 2021
CompletedFebruary 12, 2021
January 1, 2021
1.6 years
October 6, 2017
January 5, 2021
January 25, 2021
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Scores on the Certification Examination
This is the score on the written component of the examination of the College of Family Physicians of Canada. This refers to the grade/score given to participants on the Short Answer Management Problems (SAMP) section of the exam ranging from 0 to 100. Higher values represent a better outcome. The score minimum observed was 53.9 and max is 84.4 for this study.
2 years
Study Arms (2)
Intervention
EXPERIMENTALIntervention site residents will receive alerts through an app to adaptively reinforce the learning of clinical content based on cases and test questions (spaced education).
Control
NO INTERVENTIONResidents in the control group will receive the same app providing identical clinical cases and test questions-on-demand, but with alerts inactivated (no spaced education).
Interventions
A spaced educational intervention will be provided to participants
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- incoming family medicine residents in Canada (July 2017)
You may not qualify if:
- not a family medicine resident
- did not start residency on July 1, 2017
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Jewish General Hospitallead
- Western University, Canadacollaborator
- College of Family Physicians of Canadacollaborator
- Memorial University of Newfoundlandcollaborator
- Université de Montréalcollaborator
- University of Ottawacollaborator
- Queen's University, Kingston, Ontariocollaborator
- University of Torontocollaborator
- McMaster Universitycollaborator
- University of British Columbiacollaborator
- University of Albertacollaborator
- Université de Sherbrookecollaborator
- University of Calgarycollaborator
Study Sites (1)
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Results Point of Contact
- Title
- Dr. Roland Grad
- Organization
- McGill University
Publication Agreements
- PI is Sponsor Employee
- Yes
- Restrictive Agreement
- No
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Associate Professor, McGill University Dept. of Family Medicine, Director of the Clinician Scholar Program
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
October 6, 2017
First Posted
October 17, 2017
Study Start
October 18, 2017
Primary Completion
May 31, 2019
Study Completion
July 1, 2019
Last Updated
February 12, 2021
Results First Posted
February 12, 2021
Record last verified: 2021-01