Impact of Three Continuing Education Meetings for Community Pharmacists on Weight Management

Evaluation of Three 1-day Educational Intervention to Promote Knowledge and Attitude of Community Pharmacists About Evidence-based Weight Management

This study is a three-arm randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effects of 1-day continuing educational meetings for community pharmacists with three distinct educational methods: 1) Didactic lecture 2) Didactic lecture plus case discussion in a large group 3) Didactic lecture plus small group education with simulated patient

Knowledge and attitude of the participants would be measured as the study outcome in three periods: pre-education, post-education and 1 month after the meetings.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Obesity; Continuing Pharmacy Education
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Didactic Lecture; Other: Interactive Lecture; Other: Lecture plus Small Group Education

Detailed Description

The study is designed as an Instructor blinded-Randomized Controlled Trial.

An educational need assessment is undergone prior to educational content preparation by interviewing 5 community pharmacists. After educational content preparation by instructors, the outcome assessment tool (knowledge, attitude questionnaire) would be designed by a distinct investigator. Closed and Open-ended questions are included to investigate different levels of Bloom's taxonomy.

The questionnaire would be validated by specialists other than the instructors and it will piloted to investigate the reliability( Cronbach's Alfa > 0.7).

Community pharmacists of Tehran,Capital city of Iran, would be invited to participate in the study. The participants would be randomly assigned to 3 groups by random number table. Each group receives the same education content with a different method:

1. Didactic lecture
2. Didactic lecture plus case discussion in a large group
3. Didactic lecture plus small group education with simulated patient(SP). Interviewing with SP is conducted by small group facilitators with Brain Storming Technic.

Each participant receives a compact disk which includes the educational material and he/she would be able to contact the instructors by phone or e-mail during the follow-up period. (Reinforcement Phase)

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 180
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
    • Faculty of Pharmacy-Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 25 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Community Pharmacist

Exclusion Criteria:

• Less than four hours of daily work in community pharmacy

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Didactic Lecture	Other: Didactic Lecture; 2 sessions of didactic lecture with PowerPoint presentations each delivered by a special lecturer. whole education period lasts 3 hours.
Experimental: Lecture plus Case Disscussion	Other: Interactive Lecture; 2 sessions of brief interactive lectures followed by case discussion sections.
Experimental: Lecture plus Small Group Education	Other: Lecture plus Small Group Education; A 1.5 hours session of didactic lecture followed by a session of small group education with 3 simulated patients.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Knowledge Grade Points and Attitudes(Phase 1)	Obtained through a validated knowledge and attitude questionnaire.	One day
Knowledge Grade Points and Attitudes(Phase 2)	Obtained through a validated knowledge and attitude questionnaire.	One month(average of 4 weeks after the day of training)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Satisfaction of Participants	Obtained by a Satisfaction Evaluation Questionnaire.	One day

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
• Investigators: Study Chair: Kheirollah Gholami, M.Sc, PharmD, Tehran University Of Medical Sciences; Principal Investigator: Amir Sarayani, PharmD, MPH, Tehran University Of Medical Sciences; Principal Investigator: Arash Rashidian, MD, PhD, Tehran University Of Medical Sciences; Principal Investigator: Mohammadreza Javadi, PharmD, BCPS, Tehran University Of Medical Sciences

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: January 1, 2011
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 1, 2011
• Study Completion (Actual): June 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 15, 2011
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 19, 2011
• First Posted (Estimate): April 20, 2011

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): July 26, 2011
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 25, 2011
• Last Verified: July 1, 2011

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Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 240/4402