M-learning to Improve Professional Competencies in Health Sciences

Education Clinical Trial

Official title:

Interactive Learning Strategies Using M-learning for Improving Professional Competencies in Health Sciences

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03335397
• Other study ID #: PID 16-54
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: August 2018
• Source: Universidad de Granada
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate whether a mobile application is useful for improving knowledge about professional competencies in students enrolled in Health Sciences degrees.

Description:

The learning environment in Higher Education as well as autonomous work of students, mobile technology is increasingly present due to the mass use of mobile devices and the development of high speed in data transmission, which provides today the possibility of being able to access in real time a great amount of information.

M-learning is defined as the ability to access educational resources, tools and materials using a mobile device anytime and anywhere.

Considering the advantages of this technology, m-learning can be a real option to the traditional teaching-learning method by encouraging the active participation of students in their own learning process.

Therefore, this educational innovation study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and the use of a mobile application as a complementary learning strategy in interactive format for the acquisition of professional competencies in Health Sciences.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 22, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Signed informed consent

• Access last generation mobile phone

• Enroll 1º course Health Sciences degrees

• Basic english knowledge

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior experience in Fundaments subject (second enrolment or more not allowed)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Education

Intervention

Device:
• M-learning application
Mobile application with interactive contents available for android platform and Apple's operating system.

Other:
• Traditional learning process
Traditional content available in university library.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	University of Granada	Granada

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad de Granada

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Multiple-choice questions	The knowledge gain is evaluated using a 20-item multiple-choice questions (MCQs), a learning assessment tool with a minimum of 0 points and maximum of 10 points, with higher values represent a better outcome.	Change scores: Baseline, 2-week intervention
Secondary	Instructional Materials Motivation Survey	The level of learning motivation is evaluated using Instructional Materials Motivation Survey (IMMS). The IMMS consists of four domains: attention, relevance, confidence, and satisfaction, with a total of 36 questions on a 5-point Likert scale. Possible scores range from 36 to 180, with a higher score indicative of a higher level of learning motivation.	2-week intervention
Secondary	Satisfaction survey questionnaire	Satisfaction is measured using Likert scale scores for different items, with higher values represent a better outcome.	2-week intervention
Secondary	Profile of Mood States	The Profile of Mood States (POMS) questionnaire is a measure of emotional state. It contains 65 items assessing mood state, which are grouped into six subscales: tension-anxiety, depression-dejection, anger-hostility, vigour-activity, fatigue-inertia and confusion-bewilderment. The score rate is a Likert scale (not at all: 0; a little: 1; moderately: 2; quite a lot: 3; extremely: 4).	Change scores: Baseline, 2-week intervention