Educational ProblemsNCT03235895
Evaluation of Internet-Based CME for Wet-cupping Providers
A study testing Educational material in people with Educational Problems, run by National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Saudi Arabia.
Trial summary
A randomized controlled Trial to evaluate the internet based CME for wet cupping providers in Saudi Arabia Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 25 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Educational Problems
- What is being tested?
- Educational material
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 90 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- 25 Sep 2017to 10 Dec 2017
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 25 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Physicians, nurses, physiotherapists
- Passed the Compulsory wet cupping training course within the last three years.
- Available during the study periods.
Who cannot join
- Unaccredited wet cupping training courses.
- Accredit courses more than three Years
Trial locations and contacts
No sites are listed yet.
About this study
Official title: Evaluation of Internet-Based CME for Wet-cupping Providers: Randomized Controlled Trial
A randomized controlled Trial to evaluate the internet based CME for wet cupping providers in Saudi Arabia
Read the detailed description
Research problem:
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is widely used in Saudi Arabia. As wet-cupping practice regulation and licensing had been established the need increased to develop a system of Continuing Medical Education (CME) for wet-cupping providers. E-learning grown steadily to become a popular approach in medical education with the fast-evolving technologies made it possible to develop and implement a high-quality Internet-based CME. The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of Internet-based CME with conventional CME in the field of complementary medicine.
Research Significance:
Aiming to control the training to guarantee evidenced-based quality care while facing the challenge of increased number of licensed cupping providers who needs CME hours to maintain and improve their practice. There is a need for a study to evaluate if the internet-based technique can help overcome the challenge and to increase the number and improve the quality of CME activities.
Research Objectives:
To evaluate the effect of internet-based CME activity on knowledge, knowledge retention and intellectual skills in wet-cupping providers compared with conventional CME activity. Moreover, to develop a model of a blended CME activity using the online platform to conduct a flipping classroom CME activity in complementary medicine.
Research Methodology:
Randomised, open, comparative controlled trial. Participants will be selected from a list of the registered cupping providers. Using a list of registered cupping providers (sample frame) a sample will be selected randomly using computer generated number. After taking informed consent participants will be allocated randomly into three groups; 1) Internet-based CME activity group; 2) Conventional CME activity group, and 3) control group (waitlist) receiving no intervention. Data will be explored for distribution, and the appropriate methods of presentation and testing of differences will be selected accordingly. Two-tailed values of p<0.05 will be considered statistically significant. Immediate knowledge score, Retention Knowledge rate and skills score will be compared within and between the groups.
- Conditions
- Educational Problems
- Being tested
- Educational material
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Educational materialOther
Also called CME
Educational material given as a part of CME activity as through enhanced internet method
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Internet based | Experimental | * Six days of Instructional online CME educational material using Test-Enhanced E-Learning strategy.
* Followed by one day face to face CME activity Receives: Other: Educational material |
| Face to Face | Active comparator | Three days face to face Conventional CME educational materials Receives: Other: Educational material |
| Wait listed | No intervention | No CME activity will be given |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Knowledge score
To measure the change the knowledge score within and between the internet-based CME group, the conventional CME group, and the control group before and immediately after the intervention
Measured: Day 0 and day 7
Secondary outcomes (1)
Knowledge score
to asses the change in knowledge score knowledge between day 7 and day 14
Measured: Day 7 and day 14
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted1 Aug 2017
- Study start25 Sep 2017 (estimated)
- Primary completion25 Nov 2017 (estimated)
- Study completion10 Dec 2017 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Educational ProblemsStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 90 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Saudi Arabia
- Sponsor type
- Other government
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Moahmed Khalil, MD, Study chair, National Center for Complmentary and Alternative MedicineAbdullah AlMudiaheem, MBBS, Principal investigator, National Center for Complmentary and Alternative MedicineNasser Al-Hamdan, Study director, College of Medicine
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03235895
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- nccam_1_2017
- Status last verified
- Jul 2017
- First submitted
- 23 Jul 2017
- Last updated
- 1 Aug 2017
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 1 Aug 2017. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Evaluation of Internet-Based CME for Wet-cupping Providers: Randomized Controlled Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03235895
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- nccam_1_2017
- Conditions
- Educational Problems
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 90 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Saudi ArabiaOther government
- Study start
- 25 Sep 2017 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 25 Nov 2017 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 10 Dec 2017 (estimated)
- First posted
- 1 Aug 2017 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
A randomized controlled Trial to evaluate the internet based CME for wet cupping providers in Saudi Arabia
Detailed description
Research problem:
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is widely used in Saudi Arabia. As wet-cupping practice regulation and licensing had been established the need increased to develop a system of Continuing Medical Education (CME) for wet-cupping providers. E-learning grown steadily to become a popular approach in medical education with the fast-evolving technologies made it possible to develop and implement a high-quality Internet-based CME. The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of Internet-based CME with conventional CME in the field of complementary medicine.
Research Significance:
Aiming to control the training to guarantee evidenced-based quality care while facing the challenge of increased number of licensed cupping providers who needs CME hours to maintain and improve their practice. There is a need for a study to evaluate if the internet-based technique can help overcome the challenge and to increase the number and improve the quality of CME activities.
Research Objectives:
To evaluate the effect of internet-based CME activity on knowledge, knowledge retention and intellectual skills in wet-cupping providers compared with conventional CME activity. Moreover, to develop a model of a blended CME activity using the online platform to conduct a flipping classroom CME activity in complementary medicine.
Research Methodology:
Randomised, open, comparative controlled trial. Participants will be selected from a list of the registered cupping providers. Using a list of registered cupping providers (sample frame) a sample will be selected randomly using computer generated number. After taking informed consent participants will be allocated randomly into three groups; 1) Internet-based CME activity group; 2) Conventional CME activity group, and 3) control group (waitlist) receiving no intervention. Data will be explored for distribution, and the appropriate methods of presentation and testing of differences will be selected accordingly. Two-tailed values of p<0.05 will be considered statistically significant. Immediate knowledge score, Retention Knowledge rate and skills score will be compared within and between the groups.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 3
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Internet based | Experimental | Other: Educational material* Six days of Instructional online CME educational material using Test-Enhanced E-Learning strategy. * Followed by one day face to face CME activity |
| Face to Face | Active comparator | Other: Educational materialThree days face to face Conventional CME educational materials |
| Wait listed | No intervention | –No CME activity will be given |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 25 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Physicians, nurses, physiotherapists
- Passed the Compulsory wet cupping training course within the last three years.
- Available during the study periods.
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Unaccredited wet cupping training courses.
- Accredit courses more than three Years
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Educational materialAlso: CMEEducational material given as a part of CME activity as through enhanced internet method | Other | Face to Face, Internet based |
Primary outcome
Knowledge score
Time frame: Day 0 and day 7
To measure the change the knowledge score within and between the internet-based CME group, the conventional CME group, and the control group before and immediately after the intervention
1 secondary outcome
Knowledge score
Time frame: Day 7 and day 14
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 1 Aug 2017.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Moahmed Khalil, MD study chair
National Center for Complmentary and Alternative Medicine
Abdullah AlMudiaheem, MBBS principal investigator
National Center for Complmentary and Alternative Medicine
Nasser Al-Hamdan study director
College of Medicine
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Educational material in people with Educational Problems, run by National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Saudi Arabia.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 1 Aug 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Mohamed K Khalil, MD (00966504955087, statkhl@hotmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Knowledge score (time frame: Day 0 and day 7). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 1 Aug 2017.