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Online Primary Care Physician (PCP) Training in Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral, and Treatment

NCT01326936 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2012-07-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This project seeks to develop a comprehensive, computer-based education program for primary care physicians that will improve their skills in structured substance abuse screening, brief interventions, and referral and treatment (SBIRT). The investigators will develop two online education programs based on virtual patient (VP) technology. One program will include five typical, interactive, problem-solving VPs and the second will include five identical VPs except that two VPs will have been "worked" by substance abuse experts and presented as case studies. The remaining three VPs will be "unworked" (typical VPs). The investigators hypothesize that both education programs will significantly improve educational outcomes, compared to no training, as measured by a validated survey tool. A secondary hypothesis is that physicians using the "worked" (guided learning) program will achieve similar educational results as those using the typical VP approach, but will require less training time.

Conditions

  • Medical Education

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Online education

A brief (2-hour) interactive online training program in substance abuse (SU) management using virtual patient (VP) technology. Each learner will take one of two similar online programs involving five VPs that represent the range of SU management issues that commonly arise in clinical practice.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Miami

    collaborator OTHER

  • Cleveland Clinic Florida

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Arizona

    collaborator OTHER

  • Contra Costa County Regional Medical Center

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Valley Family Medicine Residency, UC Davis Network

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Medical Directions, Inc

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • John M Harris, Jr., MD · Medical Directions, Inc

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-08-31
Primary Completion
2012-04-30
Completion
2012-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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