Study of Medical Student Use of Templates to Document Outpatient Asthma Care in Electronic Medical Record

July 14, 2011 updated by: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Social Marketing in Medical Education: Influencing Medical Student Use of Evidence-based Templates in Outpatient Documentation of Asthma Care Using an Electronic Medical Record

The purpose of the study is to measure the effectiveness of a social marketing-based medical education intervention on student use of evidence-based templates for documenting outpatient asthma care within an electronic medical record.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The purpose of the study was to measure the effectiveness of a physician-educator led clinical documentation workshop, embedded with 7 persuasive social-marketing based messages, on medical student response using a targeted asthma template. Stated differently, whether a physician-educator could "persuade" medical students to use an evidence-based EMR asthma template to document an outpatient mild persistent asthma encounter with a patient.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

155

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Third year medical student completing family medicine clerkship Uniformed Services University

Exclusion Criteria:

  • All students other than those listed above

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

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control Group
Experimental: Intervention group
Behavioral: social marketing-based medical education intervention
social-marketing based medical education intervention designed to influence medical student use of evidence-based templates. Led by physician instructor.
Other Names:
  • persuasion

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Participants Using Evidence-based Template to Document Asthma Care Within an Electronic Medical Record
Time Frame: immediately after invervention and 30+ days in follow-up
The primary outcome measure is a count of whether or not the research participant uses the electronic health record-based Asthma AIM form to document a simulated outpatient mild persistent asthma encounter at T1 (immediately following intervention) and T2 (upon completion of family medicine clerkship approximately 35 days later).
immediately after invervention and 30+ days in follow-up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Clinical Note Completeness Score
Time Frame: immediately after intervention and 30+ days in follow-up
The Note Completeness Score is a total score (range 1-31)earned when a clinical encounter note is compared against a note completeness score assessment tool designed by our research team. The tool measures 11 documentation components of the outpatient note. Each of the 11 components are scaled either 0-1 or 0-4 based on perceived importance by our physician designers.
immediately after intervention and 30+ days in follow-up

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Investigators

  • Study Director: Mark B. Stephens, MD, MS, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

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

July 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2010

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 5, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 5, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

January 6, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 12, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 14, 2011

Last Verified

January 1, 2010

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • B02930

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