Online Distance Learning Outcomes Compared to Traditional Classroom Learning in Medicine

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Educational Problems
• Interventions: Other: Medical Education; Other: Medical Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT03079349
• Lead Sponsor: Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies

Brief Summary

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.

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 Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2016-07-01
• Status Verified: 2017-03
• Study Completion: 2017-03-01
• Study First Submitted: 2017-03-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-03-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-03-13
• Study First Posted: 2017-03-14
• Last Update Posted: 2017-03-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 274

Inclusion Criteria

• Licensed Health Care Professional, Active Practice

Exclusion Criteria

• Non Licensed Health Care Professional, Non Active Practice

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Traditional Classroom	Medical Education	Medical Education
Online Synchronous Classroom	Medical Intervention	Medical Education
Traditional Classroom	Medical Intervention	Medical Education
Online Synchronous Classroom	Medical Education	Medical Education

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pretest and Posttest scores	3 days	Pre course test scores compared to Post course test scores

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Traditional vs Online Classroom Learning Scores	3 days	Pre course learning scores compared to Post course learning scores compared for traditional classroom and synchronous online learning classroom