A Pedagogical Research on Use of an Online Learning Platform by Final Year Medical on Under Five Pneumonia
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 600
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change from baseline knowledge of all participants on under five pneumonia at 6 months
研究概览
简要总结
Despite the availability of standard pneumonia management guidelines and multiple global efforts, pneumonia continues to be the leading killer of children under five, accounting to around 17% of the total under five deaths globally. In Pakistan, pneumonia contributes to 16% of under five mortality in the country having a well-defined yet poorly functional healthcare system.
Although, there are standard set of guidelines for management of pneumonia patients however, the management practices of this illness are variable across the country. This could be attributed to non-availability of work ready graduates which in turn is due to variations of teaching methods across various institutions. Although the medical students across these institutions do get exposed to clinical cases in the final year however, this exposure is also variable. If this clinical experience is coupled with an adjunct capacity building mode using an online platform. there is a possibility that students could be trained in a better way.
详细描述
The investigators plan to use e-learning portal in identification and management of under five pneumonia cases as it is one of the leading killers of children under five which is largely managed non-uniformly across the country. The investigators will use videos of patients under five years of age with pneumonia and allow virtual performance of clinical skills by medical students in an online platform. Such a platform can prove to be an adjunct to standard clinical education rather than a substitute. The investigators propose that this platform will help the medical students to prepare them for a range of clinical challenges as it is an ideal strategy for the development, refinement, and rehearsal of skills in recognition in a safe environment.
Primary Objective: To measure final year medical student's theoretical (knowledge) and applied (virtual clinical performance) learning on under five pneumonia case management in an e-learning package
Secondary Objective: To explore associations between student characteristics and outcomes following exposure to the e-learning program
Study design: This will be a multi-center quasi experimental study with final year medical students studying in various institutions in the twin cities of Pakistan (Islamabad/Rawalpindi).
The design of the package will be based on the FIRST2ACT Web platform which is an e-learning platform for medical students which focuses on exposure of the users to different adult simulated case scenarios in the form of videos.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Inclusion Criteria for medical students:
- •Final year medical students studying in institutions in Rawalpindi/Islamabad registered under the higher education commission
- •Medical students whose heads have provided permission to undertake the study with them
- •Medical students who have provided a written consent to be included in the study.
- •Inclusion Criteria for pneumonia patients
- •Patients less than five years diagnosed with no pneumonia, pneumonia or severe pneumonia
- •Parents/Carers who provide consent for their under five children to be videotaped.
排除标准
- •Exclusion Criteria fro medical students
- •Medical students withdrawing/leaving the institute
- •Medical students who are not in final year
- •Exclusion Criteria for pneumonia patients
- •Patients under five suffering from comorbidity with pneumonia
结局指标
主要结局
Change from baseline knowledge of all participants on under five pneumonia at 6 months
时间窗: 6 months
Self administered questionnaire with multiple choice questions will be filled by the participants. 1 score for each correct response and 0 for incorrect response will be given.
Change from baseline confidence in skills of all participants in diagnosing and managing under five pneumonia at 6 months
时间窗: 6 months
Self-administered Likert scale questionnaire where 1 means low and 5 high will be filled by the participants
次要结局
未报告次要终点