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Implementation of a Smartphone Application in Medical Education

NCT02723136 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2016-05-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study addresses the effectiveness of a smartphone application to improve academic performance among medical students. Participants will be randomised to receive an application developed by a team of physicians and engineers, designed to review key concepts in internal medicine and its subspecialties. The primary outcome will be the number of correct answers in a multiple choice test 4 weeks after randomisation.

Conditions

  • Education, Medical

Interventions

DEVICE

Smartphone Application

Smartphone application developed by internists and engineers. Will be made available on iOS(R) and Android(R) operating systems.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Laboratorio de Ingeniería y Tecnología (LABITEC)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Universidad de Valparaiso

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Felipe Martinez, M.D., M.Sc. · Universidad de Valparaiso

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-04-30
Primary Completion
2016-05-31
Completion
2016-05-31

Countries

  • Chile

Study Locations

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