Clinical trial NCT03219151: Evaluation of a Gamified Electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR) System
Official title: A Mixed-methods Evaluation of a Gamified Electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR) System for Use in the Simulated Nursing Education
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Nurse's Role
Medication Administered in Error
Simulation of Physical Illness
Lead sponsor: Western University, Canada
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: eCampusOntario
name: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
name: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
name: London Health Sciences Centre
name: St. Joseph's Health Care London
name: Wilfrid Laurier University
First posted: 2017-07-17
Enrollment: 115
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: This research project will evaluate a gamified electronic medication administration record (eMAR) system simulator as a mechanism to improve students' learning of medication administration in simulated clinical education. The gamified eMAR simulator will be evaluated using a pragmatic randomized controlled trial design in order to determine the effectiveness of the game as a technology-enabled, online learning intervention.

Detailed description: The main objective of this study is to examine whether the use of a gamified medication administration simulator improves nursing students' medication administration safety within simulated practice; increases student self-efficacy and knowledge of the medication administration process; and, improves motivational and cognitive processing attributes related to student learning in a technology-enabled environment. It is hoped that by completing this trial, the effectiveness of using an eMAR simulator as an educational tool to better prepare nursing students to administer medications using eMAR technology for practice will be ascertained.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* (1) second year nursing students; and, (2) partaking in clinical simulated education in either in Fall 2017 or Winter 2018 semesters.

Exclusion Criteria:

* (1) A student who is not enrolled the BScN program at the respective site of data collection, in Fall 2017 or Winter 2018.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Frequency of medication errors
timeFrame: weeks 6-9
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Self-efficacy of eMAR medication administration instrument
timeFrame: weeks 4-9
measure: Game motivational and cognitive attributes of participants instrument
timeFrame: week 9
measure: Knowledge of eMAR medication administration instrument
timeFrame: weeks 4-9
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: London
country: Canada
facility: Western University
state: Ontario
Study officials:
References:
citation: Booth R, Sinclair B, McMurray J, Strudwick G, Watson G, Ladak H, Zwarenstein M, McBride S, Chan R, Brennan L. Evaluating a Serious Gaming Electronic Medication Administration Record System Among Nursing Students: Protocol for a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2018 May 28;7(5):e138. doi: 10.2196/resprot.9601.