Evaluation of Nutrition Training Augmented With Digital Technology in Graduate Medical Education
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 58
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Diet Counseling Self-Efficacy
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Investigators will conduct a randomized controlled evaluation of standard nutrition education vs. standard education + Nutri, and interactive clinical software that automates diet assessment and guides resident physicians through personalized and evidence-based diet counseling. Investigators will evaluate differences in resident-reported diet counseling competence and self-efficacy using survey measures. Investigators will evaluate skills using a simulated patient appointment and coding scheme described in prior work.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Dell Medical School Internal Medicine Residents
- •Dell Medical School Family Medicine Residents
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Diet Counseling Self-Efficacy
Time Frame: Resident pre-assessment and post-assessment, expected to be 2 weeks after enrollment
Self-report of confidence (self-efficacy) in diet counseling; 4-point Likert-like scale scale; higher score means a better outcome.
Diet Counseling Skills
Time Frame: Post-hoc analysis of simulation activity, expected to be at 2 weeks after training intervention
We will also use an observation checklist to systematically capture resident shared decision-making and diet counseling skills. We will create this checklist based on a literature review of similar tools, such as the Shared Decision Making (SDM) SDM-9 and the coding scheme described in Alexander 2011. Higher score indicates a better outcome. Score range will be reported once the scale has been finalized.
Diet Counseling Competence
Time Frame: Resident pre-assessment and post-assessment, expected to be 2 weeks after enrollment
Self-report of diet counseling competency; 4-point Likert-like scale scale; higher score means better outcome
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported