Study of Medical Student Use of Templates to Document Outpatient Asthma Care in Electronic Medical Record

The purpose of the study is to measure the effectiveness of a social marketing-based medical education intervention on student use of evidence-based templates for documenting outpatient asthma care within an electronic medical record.

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Key information

Conditions

Disease Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

The purpose of the study was to measure the effectiveness of a physician-educator led clinical documentation workshop, embedded with 7 persuasive social-marketing based messages, on medical student response using a targeted asthma template. Stated differently, whether a physician-educator could "persuade" medical students to use an evidence-based EMR asthma template to document an outpatient mild persistent asthma encounter with a patient.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

Third year medical student completing family medicine clerkship Uniformed Services University

Exclusion criteria

All students other than those listed above

Treatment and study plan

social marketing-based medical education intervention

Behavioral

social-marketing based medical education intervention designed to influence medical student use of evidence-based templates. Led by physician instructor.

Other names: persuasion

Primary outcomes

Number of Participants Using Evidence-based Template to Document Asthma Care Within an Electronic Medical Record

Time frame: immediately after invervention and 30+ days in follow-up

The primary outcome measure is a count of whether or not the research participant uses the electronic health record-based Asthma AIM form to document a simulated outpatient mild persistent asthma encounter at T1 (immediately following intervention) and T2 (upon completion of family medicine clerkship approximately 35 days later).

Secondary outcomes

Clinical Note Completeness Score

Time frame: immediately after intervention and 30+ days in follow-up

The Note Completeness Score is a total score (range 1-31)earned when a clinical encounter note is compared against a note completeness score assessment tool designed by our research team. The tool measures 11 documentation components of the outpatient note. Each of the 11 components are scaled either 0-1 or 0-4 based on perceived importance by our physician designers.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

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Registry information

Official study title

Social Marketing in Medical Education: Influencing Medical Student Use of Evidence-based Templates in Outpatient Documentation of Asthma Care Using an Electronic Medical Record

Important dates

Study start: 2009
Primary completion: 2010
Study completion: 2010
First posted: Jan 6, 2010
Registry last updated: Aug 12, 2011

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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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