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Assessing effectiveness of an e-learning tool to aid junior doctor management of febrile children
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Refining evaluation methodologies for interventions that change practice (REMIT): A model to assess the effectiveness of an e-learning tool in improving the management of febrile children by junior doctors
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Topic
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Injuries & Emergencies (co-adopted by Generic Relevance & Cross Cutting Themes)
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Portfolio Eligibility
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Automatically eligible
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ISRCTN
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94772165
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EudraCT
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MREC N°
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11/EM/0186
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UKCRN ID
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11696
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WHO ID
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Research Summary
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There are many educational programmes aimed at improving the clinical practice of health care professionals. A number of these programmes are delivered via information technology systems and described as ‘e-Learning’. Determing how beneficial they are is difficult as educational outcomes are not always objective or easily measurable.
This study will create a system to test the effeciveness of e-learning packages for health care professionals. A group of junior doctors will undertake an online learning package on dealing with young children with fever. They will all have various aspects of their practice assessed by questionnaire, knowledge testing and direct observation of their consultations.
These methods will be analysed to decide which is most suitable for deciding whether the learning package is useful.
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Study Type
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Interventional
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Design Type
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Not specified
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Disease(s)
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Injuries and Emergencies
Paediatrics
Critical Care
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Phase
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N/A
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Current Status
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Closed - in follow-up
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Closure Date
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3/5/2013
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Global Sample Size
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100
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Global Recruitment to Date
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Geographical Scope
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UK Multi-Centre
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Lead Country
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England
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Main Inclusion Criteria
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For Focus Group:
Junior Doctor ST2 or below
For Observation pilot testing and main study:
Although the children are not being studied directly themselves the observation of a doctors performance will be on children less than 5 years old who present with a fever or parent reported history of a fever.
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Main Exclusion Criteria
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For main study:
Junior doctor in possession of any part of the MRCPCH
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Chief Investigator(s)
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| Dr Damian Roland |
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Further details, please contact
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Dr Damian Roland
University of Leicester
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Infirmary Square
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE1 5WW
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: 07727158213
dr98@le.ac.uk
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| Funder(s) |
NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship
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| Sponsor(s) |
University of Leicester
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