Educational Technology to Enhance Diabetes Care - Retention Study

This study mapped the time course of forgetting among resident physicians after they use an online learning exercise covering principles of diabetes care. Participants took a pre-test followed by an online tutorial covering aspects of diabetes care. They then completed a post-test on the same topics after a randomly-assigned time delay from 0 to 55 days. We hypothesized that post-test scores after these different time delays would decline following a curvilinear relationship with increasing time. This understanding of forgetting will inform our selection of a time for delivering reinforcement exercises in future educational studies among physicians.

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Key information

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus Endocrine System Diseases Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, California, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Family medicine residents (physicians in training)
Internal medicine residents (physicians in training)

Treatment and study plan

Participation in LOFTS online tutorial

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

Knowledge related to blood pressure and lipid management for diabetes patients

Time frame: Up to 8 weeks

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of California, Los Angeles

Other

Collaborators

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2004
Study completion: 2005
First posted: May 8, 2007
Registry last updated: May 8, 2007

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