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Effectiveness of an Internet-Based Curriculum in Increasing Health Care Providers' Knowledge of Herbs and Dietary Supplements

NCT00110539 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1500

Last updated 2012-05-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of four different strategies designed to improve clinicians' knowledge about herbs and dietary supplements. This study will also increase their confidence in their ability to answer patient questions about these topics.

Study hypotheses: 1) Delivery of modules over 10 weeks will lead to better educational outcomes than delivery of modules at one time. 2) The method of module delivery that directly lists the modules in an email will be associated with greater improvements in knowledge, confidence, and communication skills and greater satisfaction with the overall curriculum than methods that involve the delivery of only links to the modules in an email. 3) Active participation in a moderated mailing list will enhance outcomes and satisfaction with the curriculum more than non-participation or passive participation (reading the messages of others). 4) More positive attitudes toward the use of and greater use of computer and Internet technologies at baseline will be associated with more active participation in the mailing list; greater use of the modules delivered through links; greater improvements in knowledge, confidence, and communication; and more positive attitudes about the curriculum following participation in the study.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Complementary and alternative medicine education

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Library of Medicine (NLM)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Kathi Kemper, MD · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-02-29
Completion
2004-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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