Phone-based Audience Response System as an Adjunct in Orthodontic Teaching of Undergraduate Dental Students

NCT04336813 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 1439-03-001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 34
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

Methodology :A cross-over randomised controlled trial comparing two teaching methods Duration :Start date 6th December 2017 to 29st May 2018 Objective : To evaluate the effectiveness phone-based audience response system (PB-ARS) on knowledge retention and performance in teaching orthodontics for dental undergraduate students in a Saudi Dental School Number:The cohort of the trial includes 34 fourth-year dental students that represents whole fourth-year undergraduate class Main Inclusion criteria : whole fourth-year undergraduate class in a Saudi Dental college. Statistical Analysis : The normal distribution will be tested. The Mann-Whitney U test will used to compare the median score for each answer that would be given by students in the questionnaires. Scores will be analyzed and compared to assess knowledge retention using cross-over analysis with Mann-Whitney U test

Conditions

Academic Performance

Keywords

ARS,; Audience response system; Education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Formative exam

  MCQs formative tests consisted of 20 questions related to the taught topics during L1 and L2 was undertaken

  10 minutes

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Perception

  10 minutes

Study Arms (2)

Group A

EXPERIMENTAL

Receive ARS in lecture 1 and act as controller in lecture 2

Other: Audience Response system

Group b

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Receive ARS in lecture 2 and act as controller in lecture 1

Other: Audience Response system

Interventions

Audience Response system OTHER

In the lecture hall, G1 was separated from G2, and both groups completed an assessment of written multiple-choice questions (MCQs) scored out of 20, before the lecture. During L1, phone based (ARS) questions (PB-ARS) secretly displayed on the smart phones of the students in G1, and they were allowed to read the question and answer it, while those in parallel arm of the trial (G2) were blinded to those questions and answers. At the end of L1, both groups completed the same written MCQs assessment

Also known as: Polleverywhere

Group A; Group b

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• fourth-year undergraduate dental student

You may not qualify if:

• Other undergraduate dental students from levels other than the 4th

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University: lead

Study Sites (2)

Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University

Al Kharjah, Saudi Arabia

Location

Prince Sattam University

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Dhaliwal HK, Allen M, Kang J, Bates C, Hodge T. The effect of using an audience response system on learning, motivation and information retention in the orthodontic teaching of undergraduate dental students: a cross-over trial. J Orthod. 2015 Jun;42(2):123-35. doi: 10.1179/1465313314Y.0000000129. Epub 2015 Apr 7.

  PMID: 25849094 BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Fahad Alharbi, PhD

  Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Mohamed Almuzian, DClin.Dent.Orth

  University of Edinburgh

  STUDY CHAIR

• Lubna Almuzian, DClin.Dent.Peado

  Berkeley Clinic at Glasgow

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 3, 2020
• First Posted: April 7, 2020
• Study Start: December 6, 2017
• Primary Completion: March 20, 2018
• Study Completion: May 29, 2018
• Last Updated: December 29, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: CSR, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: one year
• Access Criteria: Any academic

Locations

SA (2)