Online Distance Learning Outcomes Compared to Traditional Classroom Learning in Medicine

Educational Problems Clinical Trial

Official title:

Randomized Controlled Study of a Remote Flipped Classroom Neuro-Otology Curriculum

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03079349
• Other study ID #: CI #20170222001
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 8, 2017
• Last updated: March 13, 2017
• Start date: January 1, 2016
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: March 2017
• Source: Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To test whether the investigator's educational methodology is associated with increasing learning of participants. The investigators second objective is to test the hypothesis that learning in an online classroom would result in similar outcomes as the traditional classroom.

Description:

Subjects will be randomized into a "control" group attending a traditional classroom and a "trial" group of equal numbers participating in an online synchronous Internet streaming classroom.

Main outcome measures: Pre and post multiple choice examinations of Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex (VOR), Movement, Head Turns, Head Tremor, Neurodegeneration, Inferior Olivary Complex, Collateral Projections, Eye Movement Training, Visual Saccades, Head Saccades, Visual Impairment, Walking Speed, Neuroprotection, Autophagy, Hyperkinetic Movement, Eye and Head Stability, Oscilllatory Head Movements, Gaze Stability, Leaky Neural Integrator, Cervical Dystonia, Interstitial Nucleus of Cajal (INC) and Head Tilts, Visual Pursuits, Optokinetic Stimulation, Vestibular Rehabilitation.

Methods: All candidates will take a pretest examination of the subject material. Two 9-hour and one 8-hour sessions over 3 consecutive days will be given live in the classroom or synchronously in the online classroom using the Adobe Connect e-learning platform. Subjects randomized to the online classroom will attend the lectures in a location of their choice and will view the sessions live on the Internet. A posttest examination will be given to all candidates after completion of the course.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 274
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: July 1, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 21 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Licensed Health Care Professional, Active Practice

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non Licensed Health Care Professional, Non Active Practice

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Educational Problems

Intervention

Other:
• Medical Education
All candidates in the Active Comparator: Traditional Classroom will take a pre course test of the subject material followed by two 9-hour and one 8-hour educational sessions given over 3 consecutive days. Following the educational sessions all candidates in the Active Comparator: Traditional Classroom will take a post course test.
• Medical Intervention
All candidates in the Experimental: Online Synchronous Classroom will take a pre course test of the subject material followed by two 9-hour and one 8-hour educational sessions given over 3 consecutive days. Following the educational sessions all candidates in theExperimental: Online Synchronous Classroom will take a post course test.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pretest and Posttest scores	Pre course test scores compared to Post course test scores	3 days
Secondary	Traditional vs Online Classroom Learning Scores	Pre course learning scores compared to Post course learning scores compared for traditional classroom and synchronous online learning classroom	3 days