Evaluating the Impact of Online Educator Microskill Training on Educator Knowledge and Skill

Pregnancy Prevention Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluating the Impact of Online Educator Microskill Training on Educator Knowledge and Skill

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05950828
• Other study ID #: Philliberdfusionskillflix
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 9, 2022
• Est. completion date: October 31, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: July 2023
• Source: Philliber Research & Evaluation
• Contact: Ash Philliber, PhD
• Phone: 9739000739
• Email: ashphilliber[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy of SkillTalk, a subscription-based microskills video training library designed to enhance the skills of high school sex educators to implement the frequently used core components of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) curricula.

The overall goal of this study is to evaluate the impact of SkillTalk on educators' demonstrable sexual health education skills.

Participants will be asked to:

• Complete a consent form.

• Attend two simulated classroom sessions, either in person or virtually, during which they will teach two prepared lessons that have will be provided to them.

• Be video recorded while teaching.

• Complete a baseline survey and a post-survey.

• If assigned to the treatment group, they will be granted access to SkillTalk for one week to view the videos associated with the answering sensitive questions and using trauma-informed strategies skill sets.

Researchers will compare the treatment group to the control group to see if SkillTalk has an impact on educators' demonstrable sexual health education skills.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: October 31, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: October 31, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Teach or have taught groups of youth in a school, clinic or community setting. Group is defined as 4 or more youth. Youth is defined as high school aged youth in grades 9-12.

• Have fewer than three years of experience teaching sexual health education

• Comfortable participating in the role

• Must reside in the U.S.

• Must be at least 18 years of age.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• HIV Infections
• HIV/AIDS Prevention
• Pregnancy Prevention
• STI Prevention

Intervention

Behavioral:
• SkillTalk
A subscription-based microskills video training library designed to enhance the skills of high school sex educators to implement the frequently used core components of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) curricula.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Philliber Research & Evaluation	Accord	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Philliber Research & Evaluation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Demonstrable use of microskills	Educators in the intervention group will show greater demonstrable use of microskills than educators in the comparison group. These are rated using a rubric with ratings for each skill from not at all to completely. A total microskills score will be created using this scale of 0 for not at all to 5 for completely. The overall mean score will be the final score with higher scores being more positive outcomes.	1 week
Secondary	Knowledge of microskills	Educators in the intervention group will show greater knowledge of the microskills than educators in the comparison group. A scale will be created based on the SkillTalk site information. An overall percent correct score will be created with higher scores being more positive outcomes.	1 week
Secondary	Self-efficacy and comfort	Educators in the intervention group will show greater self-efficacy and comfort in using microskills than educators in the comparison group. This scale will be created specifically for SkillTalk on a four point scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree with higher scores being more positive outcomes.	1 week