Impacts of a Continuing Education Activity Targeted at COPD Case Managers

Comparing the Impacts of Two Versions of a Continuing Education Activity Targeted at COPD Case Managers on Educational Outcomes

This study aims to compare the impacts of two versions of a continuing education activity targeted at COPD case managers on educational outcomes: 1) participation; 2) satisfaction; 3) learning; 4) competence; 5) performance; 6) patient health outcomes.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Lung Diseases, Obstructive
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Active learning; Other: Passive learning

Detailed Description

This study has a quasi-experimental design. The study is based on the Expanded Outcomes Framework for Planning and Assessing Continung Medical Education by Moore (2009). One groupe of participants will attend the former version of the continuing education activity, and the other group will attend its new version.

Data will be collected at T0 (before the activity, which will be held at T1); at T2 (immediately after the activity); at T3 (1-month post-activity); at T4 (2-month post-activity); at T5 (4-month post-activity); at T6 (10-month post-activity).

Participation will be assessed at T0. Satisfaction will be assessed at T2. Learning will be assessed at T0 and T3. Competence will be assessed at T2. Performance will be assessed at T4. Patient health outcomes will be assessed at T5 and T6.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 300
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Quebec, Canada, G1V 4G5
    • Recruiting
    • Institut Universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Quebec
    • Contact: Myriam Gagné, MSc; Phone Number: 2714 4186568711; Email: myriam.gagne@criucpq.ulaval.ca

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion criteria for attendees:

• Attending the continuing education activity
• Providing patient education to individuals with COPD in professional setting.

Exclusion criteria for attendees:

• None

Inclusion criteria for COPD patients:

• Doctor-diagnosed COPD.

Exclusion criteria for attendees:

• None

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Active learning; Educational strategies will be used to foster active learning.	Other: Active learning; 1-day continuing education activity consisting of a lecture on patient education.
Active Comparator: Passive learning; Traditional educational strategies (lecture) will be used.	Other: Passive learning; 1-day continuing education activity consisting of a brief lecture on patient education and workshops.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Performance	We will videotape patient education intervention delivered by attendees in their professional practice and will assess the quality of the delivered patient education intervention using a set a pre-defined criteria.	2-month post-intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Satisfaction	We will measured the extent to which attendees' expectations about the continuing education activity are met, using a self-administered questionnaire.	Immediately post-intervention
Learning	We will measured declarative and procedural knowledge about patient education in attendees, using a validated self-administered questionnaire.	Prior to and 1-month post-intervention
Competence	We will measure attendees' self-reported competences in achieving learning activity objectives, using a self-administered questionnaire.	Prior and immediately post-intervention
Patient health outcomes	We will measured COPD patients' health-related quality of life, self-management skills, and health utilization, using validated interviewer-administered questionnaires.	4-month and 10-month post-intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Laval University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Gagne M, Lauzier S, Babineau-Therrien J, Hamel C, Penney SE, Bourbeau J, Moisan J, Boulet LP. COPD-Specific Self-Management Support Provided by Trained Educators in Everyday Practice is Associated with Improved Quality of Life, Health-Directed Behaviors, and Skill and Technique Acquisition: A Convergent Embedded Mixed-Methods Study. Patient. 2020 Feb;13(1):103-119. doi: 10.1007/s40271-019-00386-7.
• Gagne M, Moisan J, Lauzier S, Hamel C, Cote P, Bourbeau J, Boulet LP. Comparative impact of two continuing education activities targeted at COPD educators on educational outcomes: protocol for a non-randomized controlled study using mixed methods. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Jun 18;18(1):460. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3284-6.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: June 1, 2016
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): November 1, 2019
• Study Completion (Anticipated): November 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 15, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 12, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): August 18, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 27, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 25, 2019
• Last Verified: February 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Respiratory Tract Diseases; Lung Diseases; Lung Diseases, Obstructive
• Other Study ID Numbers: MP-10-2016-2591

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Plan Description: The datasets during and/or analysed during the current study will be available from the principal investigator on reasonable request.