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Mobile Learning to Improve Clinician's Ability to Break Bad News

NCT03804918 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 17

Last updated 2020-11-03

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Summary

Design:

A pre-post mixed methods pilot study. All participants granted access to a breaking bad news mobile learning resource (VitalTips).

Baseline and post-intervention questionnaires, pre- and post-intervention simulated patient encounters, and post-intervention semi-structured interviews.

Objective:

To assess if a selected breaking bad news mobile learning resource can improve the ability of clinicians to break bad news.

Population/Eligibility:

15-20 junior doctors and nurses working within two NHS hospitals trusts and one private hospital in England.

Duration:

25th February 2019 to 8th July 2019.

Conditions

  • Education

Interventions

OTHER

VitalTips mobile application

VitalTips is a mobile learning application with learning on breaking bad news. Participants were expected to spend at least three hours using the mobile learning resource, ensuring that the time did not impact on their clinical and academic commitments.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Imperial College London

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gehan B Soosaipillai, BM BSc · Imperial College London

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-25
Primary Completion
2019-08-30
Completion
2019-08-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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