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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT02240095
Date of registration: 11/09/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: McMaster University
Public title: Increasing Medical and Nursing Students Searching of Current Best Evidence to Answer Clinical Questions MPFS-2
Scientific title: Multifaceted Online Interventions to Increase Medical and Nursing Students Searching of Current Best Evidence to Answer Clinical Questions (MPFS-2)
Date of first enrolment: September 2014
Target sample size: 960
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02240095
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Factorial Assignment. Primary purpose: Other. Masking: Single (Investigator).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:     Thomas Agoritsas, MD
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Affiliation:  McMaster University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- All medical and nursing students currently registered for more than one month in the
MPFS search engine,

- And learning in the teaching hospitals and clinics of the Faculty of Health Sciences,
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Registrants that are no longer working or training at McMaster University,

- Registrants that never logged in MPFS during the last 12 months counting back from the
beginning of the trial.



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Medical and Nursing Students' Evidence Retrieval Skills
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Intervention C - Online Audit and Feedback
Behavioral: Intervention B - Online Evidence Retrieval Coach
Behavioral: Intervention A - Online Clinical Questions Recorder
Primary Outcome(s)
Utilization of evidence-based resources on MPFS as measured by rate of searches/month/user [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Utility (satisfaction in meeting users' information needs) as assessed by the Impact Assessment Measure questionnaire [Time Frame: 6 months]
Perceived Usefulness in patient care and outcomes as assessed by the Impact Assessment Measure questionnaire [Time Frame: 6 months]
Use (application of evidence in practice) as assessed by the Impact Assessment Measure questionnaire [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
FRN86465
FRN86465-B
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Ethics review
Results
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