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Patient and Provider Outcomes of E-Learning Training in Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality

NCT00905827 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 212

Last updated 2015-04-24

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Summary

Suicide prevention among military Veterans has become a national priority; yet, there is a gap in suicide-specific intervention training for mental health students and professionals. The need for training in this area has become even more acute with the recent hiring by the Veterans Health Affairs (VHA) of thousands of clinicians to address the mental health needs of Veterans from all war eras. Since e-learning (online) education is more effective than traditional in-person (face-to-face) education for adult learners when methods, such as blended learning, are used, this mode of delivery may more easily meet the training and continuing education needs of busy medical professionals who may find it easier to fit online education into their daily schedules.

A well developed in-person training approach known as the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (or CAMS) has been recommended in systematic reviews as an effective tool for assessing and managing suicidality, as well as decreasing providers' fears, improving their attitudes, increasing their knowledge, confidence, and competence, and dispelling myths. The overall aims of this project were to develop an e-learning alternative for the CAMS program, determine its effectiveness relative to in-person CAMS training, and assess factors that may relate to adoption and implementation of CAMS in general and specifically through e-learning and in-person modalities.

Conditions

  • Suicide

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

CAMS

Collaborative assessment management in suicidality

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Kathryn M. Magruder, PhD MPH BA · Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
22 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-07-31
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2013-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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