Continuing Pharmacy Education, Obesity
Conditions
Brief summary
This study is a three-arm randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effects of 1-day continuing educational meetings for community pharmacists with three distinct educational methods: 1) Didactic lecture 2) Didactic lecture plus case discussion in a large group 3) Didactic lecture plus small group education with simulated patient Knowledge and attitude of the participants would be measured as the study outcome in three periods: pre-education, post-education and 1 month after the meetings.
Detailed description
The study is designed as an Instructor blinded-Randomized Controlled Trial. An educational need assessment is undergone prior to educational content preparation by interviewing 5 community pharmacists. After educational content preparation by instructors, the outcome assessment tool (knowledge, attitude questionnaire) would be designed by a distinct investigator. Closed and Open-ended questions are included to investigate different levels of Bloom's taxonomy. The questionnaire would be validated by specialists other than the instructors and it will piloted to investigate the reliability( Cronbach's Alfa \> 0.7). Community pharmacists of Tehran,Capital city of Iran, would be invited to participate in the study. The participants would be randomly assigned to 3 groups by random number table. Each group receives the same education content with a different method: 1. Didactic lecture 2. Didactic lecture plus case discussion in a large group 3. Didactic lecture plus small group education with simulated patient(SP). Interviewing with SP is conducted by small group facilitators with Brain Storming Technic. Each participant receives a compact disk which includes the educational material and he/she would be able to contact the instructors by phone or e-mail during the follow-up period. (Reinforcement Phase)
Interventions
OTHERDidactic Lecture
2 sessions of didactic lecture with PowerPoint presentations each delivered by a special lecturer. whole education period lasts 3 hours.
OTHERInteractive Lecture
2 sessions of brief interactive lectures followed by case discussion sections.
OTHERLecture plus Small Group Education
A 1.5 hours session of didactic lecture followed by a session of small group education with 3 simulated patients.
Sponsors
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE (Caregiver)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
25 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Community Pharmacist
Exclusion criteria
* Less than four hours of daily work in community pharmacy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Knowledge Grade Points and Attitudes(Phase 1) | One day | Obtained through a validated knowledge and attitude questionnaire. |
| Knowledge Grade Points and Attitudes(Phase 2) | One month(average of 4 weeks after the day of training) | Obtained through a validated knowledge and attitude questionnaire. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Satisfaction of Participants | One day | Obtained by a Satisfaction Evaluation Questionnaire. |
Countries
Iran
Outcome results
None listed