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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 23 May 2016
Main ID:  NCT02723136
Date of registration: 27/03/2016
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Universidad de Valparaiso
Public title: Implementation of a Smartphone Application in Medical Education iSTART
Scientific title: Implementing a Smartphone Application to Optimise Academic Performance Among Medical Students: A Randomised Trial
Date of first enrolment: April 2016
Target sample size: 80
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02723136
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Chile
Contacts
Name:     Felipe Martinez, M.D., M.Sc.
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Affiliation:  Universidad de Valparaiso
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Medical student coursing their internship.

- Owns a smartphone with an Android® or iOs®-based operating system

Exclusion Criteria:

- Refusal to participate.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Education, Medical
Intervention(s)
Device: Smartphone Application
Primary Outcome(s)
Academic Performance [Time Frame: 4 weeks after randomisation]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Time to complete tests [Time Frame: 4 weeks after randomisation]
Secondary ID(s)
CEC098-16
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
Laboratorio de Ingeniería y Tecnología (LABITEC)
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