Clinical trial NCT02870998: Impacts of a Continuing Education Activity Targeted at COPD Case Managers
Official title: Comparing the Impacts of Two Versions of a Continuing Education Activity Targeted at COPD Case Managers on Educational Outcomes
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Lead sponsor: Laval University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2016-08-18
Enrollment: 300
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: This study aims to compare the impacts of two versions of a continuing education activity targeted at COPD case managers on educational outcomes: 1) participation; 2) satisfaction; 3) learning; 4) competence; 5) performance; 6) patient health outcomes.

Detailed description: This study has a quasi-experimental design. The study is based on the Expanded Outcomes Framework for Planning and Assessing Continung Medical Education by Moore (2009). One groupe of participants will attend the former version of the continuing education activity, and the other group will attend its new version.

Data will be collected at T0 (before the activity, which will be held at T1); at T2 (immediately after the activity); at T3 (1-month post-activity); at T4 (2-month post-activity); at T5 (4-month post-activity); at T6 (10-month post-activity).

Participation will be assessed at T0. Satisfaction will be assessed at T2. Learning will be assessed at T0 and T3. Competence will be assessed at T2. Performance will be assessed at T4. Patient health outcomes will be assessed at T5 and T6.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion criteria for attendees:

* Attending the continuing education activity
* Providing patient education to individuals with COPD in professional setting.

Exclusion criteria for attendees:

* None

Inclusion criteria for COPD patients:

* Doctor-diagnosed COPD.

Exclusion criteria for attendees:

* None

Primary outcomes:
measure: Performance
timeFrame: 2-month post-intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Satisfaction
timeFrame: Immediately post-intervention
measure: Learning
timeFrame: Prior to and 1-month post-intervention
measure: Competence
timeFrame: Prior and immediately post-intervention
measure: Patient health outcomes
timeFrame: 4-month and 10-month post-intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Quebec
country: Canada
facility: Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec
Study officials:
affiliation: Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, University Laval
name: Louis-Philippe Boulet, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Gagne M, Lauzier S, Babineau-Therrien J, Hamel C, Penney SE, Bourbeau J, Moisan J, Boulet LP. COPD-Specific Self-Management Support Provided by Trained Educators in Everyday Practice is Associated with Improved Quality of Life, Health-Directed Behaviors, and Skill and Technique Acquisition: A Convergent Embedded Mixed-Methods Study. Patient. 2020 Feb;13(1):103-119. doi: 10.1007/s40271-019-00386-7.
citation: Gagne M, Moisan J, Lauzier S, Hamel C, Cote P, Bourbeau J, Boulet LP. Comparative impact of two continuing education activities targeted at COPD educators on educational outcomes: protocol for a non-randomized controlled study using mixed methods. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Jun 18;18(1):460. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3284-6.