Web-based, Interactive Professional Education for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Assessment of an Interactive Education Tool to Disseminate Best Practice Recommendations on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease to Primary Care

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01377675

Acronym

WipeCOPD

Enrollment

Registered

2011-06-21

Start date

2011-04-30

Completion date

2014-09-30

Last updated

2014-12-03

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Conditions

Education of Primary Care Clinicians

Brief summary

This study involves the development and evaluation of a web-based, interactive education program on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for primary care clinicians. The research questions that this proposal addresses include: 1. Can an interactive, web-based COPD course be developed to disseminate evidence-based, best practice recommendations to primary care clinicians? 2. Can assessment tools be developed to evaluate the impact of the program on clinician behavior in clinical practice and on patient care?

Interventions

OTHEREducation

The third year internal medicine residents completed the usual curriculum for COPD and took one pretest and two posttests to validate the questions.

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Primary care clinicians in training * willing to participate

Exclusion criteria

* Specialists

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change in clinical practice	9 months

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Clinician knowledge and comprehension	9 months
Clinician self-confidence	9 months

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026