Online Primary Care Physician (PCP) Training in Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral, and Treatment

Medical Education Clinical Trial

Official title:

Fast Track SBIR Study Online PCP Training in Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral, and Treatment

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01326936
• Other study ID #: R44DA026218
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 29, 2011
• Last updated: July 23, 2012
• Start date: August 2011
• Est. completion date: May 2012

Study information

• Verified date: July 2012
• Source: Medical Directions, Inc
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This project seeks to develop a comprehensive, computer-based education program for primary care physicians that will improve their skills in structured substance abuse screening, brief interventions, and referral and treatment (SBIRT). The investigators will develop two online education programs based on virtual patient (VP) technology. One program will include five typical, interactive, problem-solving VPs and the second will include five identical VPs except that two VPs will have been "worked" by substance abuse experts and presented as case studies. The remaining three VPs will be "unworked" (typical VPs). The investigators hypothesize that both education programs will significantly improve educational outcomes, compared to no training, as measured by a validated survey tool. A secondary hypothesis is that physicians using the "worked" (guided learning) program will achieve similar educational results as those using the typical VP approach, but will require less training time.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 120
• Est. completion date: May 2012
• Est. primary completion date: April 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Physician in primary care training program

• Faculty member in primary care training program

Exclusion Criteria:

• Advanced medical training in substance abuse management

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Medical Education

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Online education
A brief (2-hour) interactive online training program in substance abuse (SU) management using virtual patient (VP) technology. Each learner will take one of two similar online programs involving five VPs that represent the range of SU management issues that commonly arise in clinical practice.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Medical Directions, Inc.	Tucson	Arizona

Sponsors (6)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Medical Directions, Inc	Cleveland Clinic Florida, Contra Costa County Regional Medical Center, University of Arizona, University of Miami, Valley Family Medicine Residency, UC Davis Network

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Harris JM Jr, Sun H. The Physicians' Competence in Substance Abuse Test (P-CSAT): a multidimensional educational measurement tool for substance abuse training programs. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2012 May 1;122(3):236-40. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.10.006. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Scores on The Physicians' Competence in Substance Abuse Test (P-CSAT)	The Physicians' Competence in Substance Abuse Test (P-CSAT) was developed as part of this project. Information, including a complete description of the P-CSAT, has been submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal	Following completion of education program and 2 months later	No