Online Distance Learning Outcomes Compared to Traditional Classroom Learning in Medicine

Randomized Controlled Study of a Remote Flipped Classroom Neuro-Otology Curriculum

To test whether the investigator's educational methodology is associated with increasing learning of participants. The investigators second objective is to test the hypothesis that learning in an online classroom would result in similar outcomes as the traditional classroom.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Educational Problems
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Medical Education; Other: Medical Intervention

Detailed Description

Subjects will be randomized into a "control" group attending a traditional classroom and a "trial" group of equal numbers participating in an online synchronous Internet streaming classroom.

Main outcome measures: Pre and post multiple choice examinations of Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex (VOR), Movement, Head Turns, Head Tremor, Neurodegeneration, Inferior Olivary Complex, Collateral Projections, Eye Movement Training, Visual Saccades, Head Saccades, Visual Impairment, Walking Speed, Neuroprotection, Autophagy, Hyperkinetic Movement, Eye and Head Stability, Oscilllatory Head Movements, Gaze Stability, Leaky Neural Integrator, Cervical Dystonia, Interstitial Nucleus of Cajal (INC) and Head Tilts, Visual Pursuits, Optokinetic Stimulation, Vestibular Rehabilitation.

Methods: All candidates will take a pretest examination of the subject material. Two 9-hour and one 8-hour sessions over 3 consecutive days will be given live in the classroom or synchronously in the online classroom using the Adobe Connect e-learning platform. Subjects randomized to the online classroom will attend the lectures in a location of their choice and will view the sessions live on the Internet. A posttest examination will be given to all candidates after completion of the course.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 274
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 21 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Licensed Health Care Professional, Active Practice

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non Licensed Health Care Professional, Non Active Practice

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Traditional Classroom; Medical Education	Other: Medical Education; All candidates in the Active Comparator: Traditional Classroom will take a pre course test of the subject material followed by two 9-hour and one 8-hour educational sessions given over 3 consecutive days. Following the educational sessions all candidates in the Active Comparator: Traditional Classroom will take a post course test.; Other: Medical Intervention; All candidates in the Experimental: Online Synchronous Classroom will take a pre course test of the subject material followed by two 9-hour and one 8-hour educational sessions given over 3 consecutive days. Following the educational sessions all candidates in theExperimental: Online Synchronous Classroom will take a post course test.
Experimental: Online Synchronous Classroom; Medical Education	Other: Medical Education; All candidates in the Active Comparator: Traditional Classroom will take a pre course test of the subject material followed by two 9-hour and one 8-hour educational sessions given over 3 consecutive days. Following the educational sessions all candidates in the Active Comparator: Traditional Classroom will take a post course test.; Other: Medical Intervention; All candidates in the Experimental: Online Synchronous Classroom will take a pre course test of the subject material followed by two 9-hour and one 8-hour educational sessions given over 3 consecutive days. Following the educational sessions all candidates in theExperimental: Online Synchronous Classroom will take a post course test.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pretest and Posttest scores	Pre course test scores compared to Post course test scores	3 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Traditional vs Online Classroom Learning Scores	Pre course learning scores compared to Post course learning scores compared for traditional classroom and synchronous online learning classroom	3 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Frederick R Carrick, PhD, Bedfordshire Centre for Mental Health Research in Association with the University of Cambridge

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Carrick FR, Abdulrahman M, Hankir A, Zayaruzny M, Najem K, Lungchukiet P, Edwards RA. Randomized Controlled Study of a Remote Flipped Classroom Neuro-otology Curriculum. Front Neurol. 2017 Jul 24;8:349. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00349. eCollection 2017.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2016
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2016
• Study Completion (Actual): March 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 8, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 13, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): March 14, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 14, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 13, 2017
• Last Verified: March 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: CI #20170222001

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No