Text4Peds: Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Medical Student Education
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 162
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- National Board of Medical Examiners Pediatric Subject Examination
研究概览
简要总结
In this study, third year medical students on the pediatric clerkship will be randomized to receive either only written educational material (review journal articles) or written educational material plus daily text messages consisting of board style questions with online answers. The students' performance on the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) Pediatric Subject Evaluation will be compared between the two groups.
详细描述
In the last decade, the use of smartphone and text messaging (SMS) has increased significantly; during this time, text messaging has become the primary means of communication in some instances. Despite the popularity, text messaging and smartphones have been rarely utilized in the context of medical education. Few studies have been performed examining the effect of text messaging as an adjunct to traditional medical education. A previous study with the Saint Louis University (SLU) Pediatric Residency program, showed the feasibility of using text messaging to deliver medical information to pediatric residents through the Text4Peds program.
This study aims to expand Text4Peds to third NBME Pediatric Subject Evaluation performance. The NBME Pediatric Subject Evaluation is a national, standardized pediatric knowledge based exam from the NBME taken by all medical students at the end of their pediatric clerkship.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 50 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Third year medical students on the Pediatric Clerkship at Saint Louis University School of Medicine
排除标准
- •Third year medical students who did not have a mobile phone capable of receiving a short message service (SMS) text message
研究组 & 干预措施
Non Texting Group
The non-texting group received access to the journal articles from which the text message content was derived, but did not receive any text messages or any of the online material or question stems.
干预措施: Non Texting Group (Other)
Texting Group
The texting group received a daily text message containing a board style multiple choice question. If the participant wanted immediate feedback, the message contained a link to a website containing the answer to the question along with an explanation, the source material, and a more complete clinical vignette. One hour after the initial text message was sent, a follow up "answer" text message was delivered. Text messages were sent 6 days per week (Monday through Saturday) at 2 pm and 3 pm.
干预措施: Texting Group (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
National Board of Medical Examiners Pediatric Subject Examination
时间窗: Assessed at end of intervention (after 8 weeks)
The NBME pediatrics subject examination is used to assess medical student knowledge and is a common component of the pediatric clerkship grade. It is also used to compare medical student performance to a national benchmark. NBME scores are on a scale of 0-100 (% correct); mean score for this exam during year of evaluation was 75.7 (SD 8.7).
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Matthew A. Broom, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
St. Louis University