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NCT Number: NCT02210442

Effectiveness of Educational Games to Implementation Clinical Practice Guidelines to Family Medicine Residents in Spain.

A multicenter study to evaluate the effectiveness of a teaching strategy based on the incorporation of educational games with simulated settings versus usual practice based on diffusion for the implementation of clinical practice guidelines in Family Medicine Residency Program. The impact of the new strategy will be measured in improving knowledge and skill acquisition in clinical decision making of Family Medicine Residency Program after 6 months. Effectiveness will also be measured a month and 12 months after intervention.

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Key information

Conditions

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Behavior

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Gerencia de Atención Primaria

Madrid, 28035, Spain

About this study

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of educational games to implementation practice guidelines to acquire skills in clinical decision-making by family medicine residents in Spain.

Secondary objectives: To describe the strategies utilized in Residency Program in Family Medicine in Spain to teach the use of practice guidelines. To identify barriers and facilitators for the use of practice guidelines for family medicine residents.

Setting: Unit Family Medicine in Spain. Study design: Multicentric cluster randomised controlled clinical trial. Population: Family Medicine Residents of second and third year. Sample size: 394 residents (197 in each arm). The randomization units will be units (clusters). The units of analysis are professionals (residents). Variables: Main outcome variable measured in both groups: assess of skill levels and number of correct answers about clinical questions in diabetes, anxiety disorders, antibiotic prescription and insomnia clinical practice guidelines in primary care.

Sociodemographic variables and educational variables for each subject and variables regarding Residency Program in Family Medicine.

Intervention: EDUCAGUIA plan. Incorporating educational games online for each guideline.

Statistical Analysis: Primary and secondary effectiveness. Adjusting by contextual and individual variables factors with mixed effects models (lineal regression) (dependent variable: points obtained in educational games in each guide).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Second and third year residents in Family Medicine Program.

Exclusion criteria

  • Giving up the Family Medicine Program.

Treatment and study plan

educaguia intervention

Behavioral

Health professionals (residents) play with educational games in order to acquire knowledge and skill about management of clinical practice guidelines.

Control Group

Other

Health professional will learn how to manage a clinical practice guidelines with standard clinical practice.

Primary outcomes

  1. Assessing clinical decision-making skills

    Time frame: Change from Baseline skills at 6 months

    Outcomes of a test designed to assess problem solving and clinical decision making skills about anxiety disorders, diabetes, insomnia and prescription antibiotics prescription after six months after intervention.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Assessing clinical decision-making skills

    Time frame: Change from Baseline at 1 month and 12 months

    Outcomes of a test designed to assess problem solving and clinical decision making skills about anxiety disorders, diabetes, insomnia and prescription antibiotics prescription after 1 month and 12 months after intervention.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid

Other Gov

Collaborators

  • Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria

Registry information

Official study title

Educaguia Project: Clinical Trial, Randomised by Clusters, to Assess the Effectiveness of a Strategy With Educational Games to Implementation pf Clinical Practice Guidelines to Family Medicine Residents in Spain.

Acronym: EDUCAGUIA

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Aug 6, 2014
Registry last updated
Feb 7, 2018

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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