Educating Providers About Health Disparities in Lung Cancer Screening
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
- Enrollment
- 77
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of providers with improved mean lung cancer screening knowledge score
Study Overview
Brief Summary
We are conducting a randomized trial to compare the Health Disparities module to an existing provider module on lung cancer screening to evaluate the impact on primary care providers' knowledge, attitudes, and lung cancer screening referrals of African American and White patients.
Detailed Description
We are conducting a randomized trial of two online, provider-facing education modules regarding lung cancer screening and smoking cessation. We will accrue 70 MedStar primary care providers (PCP). The baseline survey will incorporate items regarding lung cancer screening knowledge, providers' attitudes towards lung cancer screening, lung cancer screening ordering practices and provider characteristics. At the end of the baseline survey, PCPs will be randomly assigned to the LuCa + Health Disparities or LuCa only. PCPs will be asked to complete the intervention and the post-test within 1 week of randomization. The post test will cover knowledge of lung cancer screening, attitudes and opinions toward LCS. To assess PCP lung cancer screening ordering practices, we will review the MedConnect Electronic Health Record (EHR) to compare the two study groups post-randomization on the number of orders made for LCS.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Screening
- Masking
- Single (Investigator)
Masking Description
The research investigators will be blinded from the study arm of the participants.
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •MedStar provider (attending or resident physician, physician's assistant, or nurse practitioner)
- •English speaking
- •ability to provide meaningful consent
- •ability to provide last two digits of NPI.
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of providers with improved mean lung cancer screening knowledge score
Time Frame: 1 week
Knowledge about lung cancer screening
Number of providers with improved mean attitudes score
Time Frame: 1 week
Attitudes about lung cancer screening
Secondary Outcomes
- Rate of lung cancer screening referrals(2 months post-randomization)