Web-based, Interactive Professional Education for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Education of Primary Care Clinicians Clinical Trial

— WipeCOPD  

Official title:

Assessment of an Interactive Education Tool to Disseminate Best Practice Recommendations on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease to Primary Care

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01377675
• Other study ID #: WipeCOPD
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 17, 2011
• Last updated: December 1, 2014
• Start date: April 2011
• Est. completion date: September 2014

Study information

• Verified date: December 2014
• Source: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study involves the development and evaluation of a web-based, interactive education program on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for primary care clinicians.

The research questions that this proposal addresses include:

1. Can an interactive, web-based COPD course be developed to disseminate evidence-based, best practice recommendations to primary care clinicians?

2. Can assessment tools be developed to evaluate the impact of the program on clinician behavior in clinical practice and on patient care?

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 10
• Est. completion date: September 2014
• Est. primary completion date: September 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Primary care clinicians in training

• willing to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

• Specialists

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Education of Primary Care Clinicians
• Lung Diseases
• Lung Diseases, Obstructive
• Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Intervention

Other:
• Education
The third year internal medicine residents completed the usual curriculum for COPD and took one pretest and two posttests to validate the questions.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	San Antonio	Texas

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	American College of Chest Physicians

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in clinical practice		9 months	No
Secondary	Clinician knowledge and comprehension		9 months	No
Secondary	Clinician self-confidence		9 months	No