Development and Evaluation of an Online Telemedicine Course Through Facebook: a Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 100
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Level of Knowledge about telemedicine
研究概览
简要总结
Health professionals with adequate training are required to provide quality remote care. There are few telemedicine and telehealth training programs for doctors and medical students. On the other hand, the use of social networks (Facebook and Twitter) as a medical education tool is becoming frequent. However, there is a lack of conclusive evidence in terms of its effectiveness. The objective of the present study is to develop and evaluate a telemedicine course for resident doctors through Facebook and compare it with one through Moodle. A randomized, triple-blind, parallel block controlled trial will be conducted that tests the effectiveness of an educational intervention through Facebook compared to another control intervention using Moodle. Intervention training is a telemedicine course focused on teleconsultation provided through Facebook. Control training is the same educational content but through Moodle. The level of telemedicine knowledge of the participants before and after the intervention will be evaluated. The inferential analysis to see the association between the variables of interest will be carried out by Student's T tests or analysis of variance (ANOVA). If potential confounding factors were found, the variable will be adjusted through linear regression. The pre and post intervention analysis will be carried out with student t or wilcoxon rank test according to the normality of the data. Resident doctors who receive the telemedicine course through Facebook are expected to have a greater knowledge gain than those who take the course through Moodle.
详细描述
Main Objective:
Develop and evaluate a telemedicine course for resident doctors through Facebook and compare it with one through Moodle.
Study Design:
A randomized, triple-blind, parallel block controlled trial will be conducted that tests the effectiveness of an educational intervention through Facebook compared to another control intervention using Moodle. Intervention training is a telemedicine course focused on teleconsultation provided through Facebook. Control training is the same educational content but through Moodle. The level of telemedicine knowledge of the participants before and after the intervention will be evaluated. In addition, at the end of the intervention the level of satisfaction of the participants will be evaluated.
Population:
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
- Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Physician enrolled in the resident program of Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, who has passed the first year of residence.
- •Motivation to learn telemedicine and participate in educational activities during the intervention.
- •Access to the internet through a computer or mobile device during the intervention of the study.
排除标准
- •Resident doctors who have had some type of training in e-Health, telemedicine or telehealth.
- •Rotating doctors from other national or foreign universities.
结局指标
主要结局
Level of Knowledge about telemedicine
时间窗: through study completion, an average of 1 month
Measured by automatic scoring after the participant took the tests on a web platform. The instrument is a questionnaire made up of 32 multiple-choice questions about knowledge in telemedicine focused on teleconsultation. The test is according to guidelines of the National Board of Medical Examiners of the United States. Each correct question is worth 3.125 points so the scale range will be 0-100 points in total but then it will be converted to vigesimal score from 0 to 20 points, being the passing grade 11.00.
次要结局
- The satisfaction assessment will be carried out through the Wang questionnaire (Likert scale)(through study completion, an average of 1 month)
研究者
Cender Udai Quispe Juli
Principal Investigator
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia