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Learning Effect of Onsite vs. Online Education in a Medical Context

ConditionOnline Learning
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorBispebjerg Hospital

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of online medical education in PhD students. The main question it aims to answer is:

What is the effect of onsite compared to online research courses on theoretical knowledge of research methodology and motivation for young medical researchers? Participants will join 20 research courses which are computer randomised to be delivered online (intervention) or onsite (control group) with 10-12 PhD students of each course (200-240 participants). Participants will be followed for up to two years after their course. The outcomes are

* theoretical learning (main) * academic achievements * motivation * self-efficacy

Researchers will compare online and onsite research courses to see if there is a difference in theoretical learning, academic achievements, motivation and self-efficacy.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

All PhD students on the courses if they are able to give informed consent

Disqualifiers

Declining to participate

Withdrawal of informed consent

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Online

    Other intervention

    Online research course delivered live digitally at a distance.

Treatment groups

240 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Online settingExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Onsite settingNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Theoretical learning

"Knows" or "Knows how" according to Miller's Pyramid of Competence measured by MCQ

Time frame
Up to 3 months

Secondary outcomes

1

Academic achievement

Measured by Google Scholar Profile (number of publications, number of citations, H-index and i10-index

Time frame
Up to 25 months
2

Motivation

Intrinsic Motivation Inventory

Time frame
Up to 3 months
3

Self-efficacy

Williams and Smith's single item measure of self-efficacy

Time frame
Up to 3 months

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Bispebjerg Hospital

Lead sponsor

University Hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg

Sponsor institution

Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation

Collaborator

University of Copenhagen

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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