Clinical trial NCT03079349: Online Distance Learning Outcomes Compared to Traditional Classroom Learning in Medicine
Official title: Randomized Controlled Study of a Remote Flipped Classroom Neuro-Otology Curriculum
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Educational Problems
Lead sponsor: Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-03-14
Enrollment: 274
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 21
Maximum age (years): 75
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Subjects were randomized into a "control" group attending a traditional classroom and a "trial" group of equal numbers participating in an online synchronous Internet streaming classroom.
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: To test whether the investigator's educational methodology is associated with increasing learning of participants. The investigators second objective is to test the hypothesis that learning in an online classroom would result in similar outcomes as the traditional classroom.

Detailed description: Subjects will be randomized into a "control" group attending a traditional classroom and a "trial" group of equal numbers participating in an online synchronous Internet streaming classroom.

Main outcome measures: Pre and post multiple choice examinations of Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex (VOR), Movement, Head Turns, Head Tremor, Neurodegeneration, Inferior Olivary Complex, Collateral Projections, Eye Movement Training, Visual Saccades, Head Saccades, Visual Impairment, Walking Speed, Neuroprotection, Autophagy, Hyperkinetic Movement, Eye and Head Stability, Oscilllatory Head Movements, Gaze Stability, Leaky Neural Integrator, Cervical Dystonia, Interstitial Nucleus of Cajal (INC) and Head Tilts, Visual Pursuits, Optokinetic Stimulation, Vestibular Rehabilitation.

Methods: All candidates will take a pretest examination of the subject material. Two 9-hour and one 8-hour sessions over 3 consecutive days will be given live in the classroom or synchronously in the online classroom using the Adobe Connect e-learning platform. Subjects randomized to the online classroom will attend the lectures in a location of their choice and will view the sessions live on the Internet. A posttest examination will be given to all candidates after completion of the course.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Licensed Health Care Professional, Active Practice

Exclusion Criteria:

* Non Licensed Health Care Professional, Non Active Practice

Primary outcomes:
measure: Pretest and Posttest scores
timeFrame: 3 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Traditional vs Online Classroom Learning Scores
timeFrame: 3 days
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Bedfordshire Centre for Mental Health Research in Association with the University of Cambridge
name: Frederick R Carrick, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Carrick FR, Abdulrahman M, Hankir A, Zayaruzny M, Najem K, Lungchukiet P, Edwards RA. Randomized Controlled Study of a Remote Flipped Classroom Neuro-otology Curriculum. Front Neurol. 2017 Jul 24;8:349. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00349. eCollection 2017.