Use of a Training Video to Teach Medical Students About Health Literacy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health Literacy
• Interventions: Behavioral: health literacy training video

• Registration Number: NCT01460953
• Lead Sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University

Brief Summary

1. Briefly describe the purpose of this protocol: This study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational training video on the topic of health literacy for medical students.

2. Briefly summarize how participants are recruited: OHSU medical students attending mandatory trainings on the topic of health literacy during the 1st and 2nd years of medical school will be invited to participate in the study.

3. Briefly describe the procedures subjects will undergo: Completion of a short self-administered anonymous survey before and after viewing a 23-minute video about health literacy.

4. If applicable, briefly describe survey/interview instruments used: A 12-item pre-test questionnaire and 13-item post-test questionnaire designed to assess individuals' knowledge about health literacy, and intended clinical practices with respect to health literacy.

5. If this is a clinical trial using an experimental drug and/or device, or an approved drug and/or device used for an unapproved purpose, briefly describe the drug and/or device: n/a

6. Briefly describe how the data will be analyzed to address the purpose of the protocol: Demographics and responses to individual items will be reported as frequencies and percentages within the sample. The investigators will use a chi-square analysis to stratify responses by demographic groups and t-tests to measure possible changes over time.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-10
• Study First Submitted: 2011-10-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-10-26
• Study First Posted: 2011-10-27
• Primary Completion: 2012-10
• Study Completion: 2012-10
• Status Verified: 2015-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-10-14
• Last Update Posted: 2015-10-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 110

Inclusion Criteria

• 1st-year medical student at OHSU

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
training intervention	health literacy training video	Students participating in didactic training

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in knowledge	immediately following the intervention, and at 12-month follow-up	The investigators will measure knowledge about health literacy before and after an educational intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

OHSU School of Medicine; 🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States