Evaluation of Nutrition Training Augmented With Digital Technology in Graduate Medical Education

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Disease
• Interventions: Behavioral: Nutri Training; Behavioral: Standard Nutrition Education

• Registration Number: NCT06088251
• Lead Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-10-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-10-11
• Study First Posted: 2023-10-18
• Study Start: 2023-10-24
• Primary Completion: 2024-02-15
• Study Completion: 2024-02-15
• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-07
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 58

Inclusion Criteria

• Dell Medical School Internal Medicine Residents
• Dell Medical School Family Medicine Residents

Exclusion Criteria

• N/A

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Nutri Training	Nutri Training	Nutri Training will begin with 1) a presentation of diet counseling evidence and best practices for advising patients, along with information about nutrition recommendations for patients with chronic illness and 2) tools supporting the patient for follow-up. This content will be delivered via a live demonstration of the Nutri interactive software and case demonstration, a novel approach to delivering the learning objectives of standard nutrition education for residents.
Standard Nutrition Education	Standard Nutrition Education	Standard Nutrition Training will present an overview of 1) nutrition recommendations for patients with chronic disease and 2) cover the role of a registered dietitian and referrals.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Diet Counseling Self-Efficacy	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	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	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

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Texas at Austin - Burgermaster Lab; 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States