Nutrition Education in Fellows

January 31, 2018 updated by: University of Florida

How Nutrition Education in Cardiology Fellows and Faculty Affects Clinical Practice Over a Six-Month Period

The purpose of this research study is to assess comfort of cardiology fellows and faculty with nutrition and its role in cardiovascular disease and to determine if increasing education in this arena will change clinical practice.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The aim of this project is to educate the fellows and faculty about nutrition. This will be done with a 3-hour nutrition module provided by the Gaples Institute. The Gaples Institute is a non-profit organization advocating natural strategies balanced with conventional medicine. The module will be provided free of charge for this education. There will also be a prevention education conference once every five weeks.

The secondary aim is to affect change in clinical practice among fellows and faculty. With an intensive nutrition education spanned over six months, the goal is to see if investigators can affect change in clinical practice. The nutrition module online will be available to those who participate in the study. The study participants are required to complete the 3-hour nutrition module prior to the six month completion of this study.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

32

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
    • Florida
      • Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32610
        • UF Health at the University of Florida

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

25 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Cardiology fellow, faculty, internal medicine, residents, fellows

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All general cardiology fellow, faculty, internal medicine, residents, fellows will be asked to be part of this study.
  • Male or females, 25 years or older

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None

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

  • Observational Models: Case-Only
  • Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Cardiology fellows and faculty

Fill out a nutrition survey three times at 0, 3, and 6 months and be present at a prevention educational conference every 5 weeks until the end of the study.

This group will also complete a 3-hour nutrition module prior to study completion.
Other: Nutrition survey
Survey will be done prior to the initiation of the education
Other: Educational Conference
A prevention educational conference will be available to attend once every 5 weeks.
Other: 3-hour nutrition module
Nutrition module will be provided by the Gaples Institute to participants as part of this study. This will be completed online via e-mail
Other Names:
  • Nutrition module

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Changes in behavior will be measured by method of Nutrition Survey
Time Frame: Change from Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months
Nutrition Survey will be assessed at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months for changes in behavior.
Change from Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of Florida

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 (Actual)

February 2, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 21, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

January 27, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 2, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 6, 2017

First Posted (Estimate)

February 7, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 1, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 31, 2018

Last Verified

January 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB201700026

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

IPD Plan Description

Survey data will be maintained on an electronic enrollment log created and maintained by research staff. The electronic enrollment log will be maintained on a secure institutional server and only accessible to research staff. When the project is closed, the enrollment log with identifiable information will be destroyed.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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