Effects of a Longitudinal Health Literacy Training Program on Family Medicine Residents

Health Literacy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of a Longitudinal Health Literacy Training Program on Family Medicine Residents

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01474733
• Other study ID #: OHSU IRB#00008039
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 15, 2011
• Last updated: October 14, 2015
• Start date: November 2011
• Est. completion date: July 2014

Study information

• Verified date: October 2015
• Source: Oregon Health and Science University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

1. Briefly describe the purpose of this protocol: This study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational training program on the topic of health literacy for Family Medicine residents. The hypothesis being tested is that training residents about health literacy will result in improvements in residents' knowledge, skills, and attitudes with respect to health literacy.

2. Briefly summarize how participants are recruited: OHSU Family Medicine Interns attending mandatory trainings on the topic of health literacy throughout the three years of the residency program 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 a variety of learning sessions on the topic of 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. We will use a chi-square analysis to stratify responses by demographic groups and t-tests to measure possible changes over time

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 12
• Est. completion date: July 2014
• Est. primary completion date: July 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 20 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

-Family medicine resident entering in summer 2011 at OHSU Department of Family Medicine

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Health Literacy

Intervention

Other:
• educational intervention
series of lectures and workshops on health literacy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	OHSU Richmond Clinic	Portland	Oregon

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Oregon Health and Science University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	knowledge about health literacy	as measured by a standardized questionnaire	3 years	No
Secondary	clear communication skills	As measured by performance on an OSCE	3 years	No