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Comparing the Effect of Video-cases and Text-cases on Medical Students' Learning in Tutorial

NCT ID: NCT01286025

Last Updated: 2011-01-31

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

28 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-02-29

Study Completion Date

2009-02-28

Brief Summary

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This study is designed to examine how the type of learning case affects the thinking of medical students in tutorial

Detailed Description

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Tutorials at Harvard Medical School use problem-based learning with written cases. Students work in groups under the supervision of a tutor who guides their exploration of the material. As students progress through the curriculum there is an opportunity to advance the complexity of the material they are presented with. Video-based patient case studies have been shown to improve critical thinking ratios in paediatric medical student problem-based learning exercises, and time spent on data exploration, theory building and theory evaluation in postgraduate residency programs. We hypothesize that video provides a stimulus that improves cognitive processing and critical thinking among medical students, as compared to working from the text-based transcript of the same case.

Conditions

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Education, Medical Education, Medical, Undergraduate Problem-based Learning Problem Solving Interactive Tutorial

Keywords

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medical education problem-based learning interactive tutorial

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Video modality

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

video case modality

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Patients whose case histories are pathophysiologically illustrative will be recruited, and interviewed on video. Their stories will be edited and divided into sections, and combined with the patient's laboratory, imaging, and pathological reports when appropriate

Text modality

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Text case modality

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Patients whose case histories are pathophysiologically illustrative will be recruited, and interviewed on video. Their stories will be edited and divided into sections, and combined with the patient's laboratory, imaging, and pathological reports when appropriate. The transcript of these video-recordings will form the basis of the text-based case presentation modality.

Interventions

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video case modality

Patients whose case histories are pathophysiologically illustrative will be recruited, and interviewed on video. Their stories will be edited and divided into sections, and combined with the patient's laboratory, imaging, and pathological reports when appropriate

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Text case modality

Patients whose case histories are pathophysiologically illustrative will be recruited, and interviewed on video. Their stories will be edited and divided into sections, and combined with the patient's laboratory, imaging, and pathological reports when appropriate. The transcript of these video-recordings will form the basis of the text-based case presentation modality.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* medical student participating in the endocrine and reproductive pathophysiology course at Harvard Medical School

Exclusion Criteria

* None
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Harvard University Faculty of Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Harvard Medical School

Principal Investigators

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Graham T McMahon, MD MMSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)

Locations

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Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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M15700-101

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id