Clinical evidence continuous medical education: randomised educational trial of an e-learning program for transferring evidence based information in primary and secondary care

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN27453314

Enrollment

162

Registered

2007-04-25

Start date

2007-04-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Knowledge of the best available evidence for effective healthcare. Not Applicable Healthcare knowledge

Interventions

Please note that as of 20/07/2007 the anticipated end date has been extended to 31/09/2007 due to a low recruitment rate. The previous end date of this trial was 31/07/2007. On 18/12/2007 the anticipa

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All Italian doctors naïve to ECCE who voluntarily adhere to participate. New users to ECCE who connect to ECCE are automatically invited to participate.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: There are no exclusion criteria.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcome is the basic knowledge of Clinical Evidence contents assessed through the scoring of clinical vignettes selected from ECCE. The test will consist of fixed and multiple choice questions of the selected valid and reliable vignettes and will be administered before (pre-test), immediately after (12 weeks post-test one), and six months after the intervention (post-test two).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Satisfaction with the information source and its perceived value for the medical education and clinical practice.	—

Countries

Italy

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026