Educational Technology to Enhance Diabetes Care - Retention Study

May 7, 2007 updated by: University of California, Los Angeles
This study mapped the time course of forgetting among resident physicians after they use an online learning exercise covering principles of diabetes care. Participants took a pre-test followed by an online tutorial covering aspects of diabetes care. They then completed a post-test on the same topics after a randomly-assigned time delay from 0 to 55 days. We hypothesized that post-test scores after these different time delays would decline following a curvilinear relationship with increasing time. This understanding of forgetting will inform our selection of a time for delivering reinforcement exercises in future educational studies among physicians.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

105

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
        • UCLA Medical Center
      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90059
        • Charles R. Drew University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Family medicine residents (physicians in training)
  • Internal medicine residents (physicians in training)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Knowledge related to blood pressure and lipid management for diabetes patients
Time Frame: Up to 8 weeks
Up to 8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of California, Los Angeles

Collaborators

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Douglas S Bell, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

December 1, 2004

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2005

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 7, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 7, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

May 8, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

May 8, 2007

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 7, 2007

Last Verified

May 1, 2007

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • G04-07-038-02

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