Clinical trial NCT01567267: Evaluation of Educational Intervention to Teach Principles of Evidence-based Medicine (EbM) in Biology Classes
Official title: Phase II Study of a Short Term Educational Intervention for Upcoming Biology Teachers to Teach Principles of Evidence-based Medicine (EbM) in Biology Classes at High-school
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Keywords: Evidence-based Medicine
Good Scientific Practice
Problem-based Learning
Critical health literacy
Educational intervention
Lead sponsor: Goethe University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2012-03-30
Enrollment: 87
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to identify the effect of a short term educational intervention for upcoming biology teachers to teach principles of Evidence-based Medicine (EbM) and Good Scientific Practice (GSP) to high-school biology students.

Detailed description: Shared decision making is increasingly demanded by patients in order to take part in health care decisions. However this demand for autonomy can only be used for shared decision making if the patient has basic skills in critical health literacy. To transfer health care literacy to young and healthy consumers educational intervention programs at high-school might be a feasible and effective way. This preliminary phase 2 study is designed to investigate the effect of an educational intervention to be integrated in a curriculum for upcoming teachers in biology.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* students becoming biology teachers at participating university during enrollment period

Exclusion Criteria:

* refusal to participate in study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Difference in knowledge about EbM/GSP
timeFrame: Before (day1), during (day 2) and after (day 4) intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Difference in skills about critically appraising scientific literature
timeFrame: Before (day 1), during (day 2) and after (day 4) intervention
measure: Skills in teaching principles of EbM and GSP to high school students in intervention group
timeFrame: After educational intervention (day 5)
measure: Overall acceptance of educational intervention study participants
timeFrame: During (day 2) and after intervention (day 4)
measure: Overall acceptance of study lessons for biology high-school students
timeFrame: After study lessons (day 5)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Siegen
country: Germany
facility: University of Siegen, Section of biology and und their didactics
Study officials:
affiliation: EbM Working Group, Institute for General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Germany
name: Reinhard Strametz, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Matic-Strametz M, Strametz R, Bohrt K, Ochsendorf F, Weberschock T. [Students in Training to Become Biology Teachers - a controlled phase II trial (NCT01567267)]. Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes. 2013;107(1):53-61. doi: 10.1016/j.zefq.2012.11.017. Epub 2012 Dec 7. German.