Status:
COMPLETED
Increasing Medical and Nursing Students Searching of Current Best Evidence to Answer Clinical Questions
Lead Sponsor:
McMaster University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Conditions:
Medical and Nursing Students' Evidence Retrieval Skills
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Translation of new knowledge from research into evidence-informed health care is a shared obligation of the clinical and the scientific communities. Unfortunately, studies of quality of care continue ...
Detailed Description
1. Rationale \& Objectives One main barrier to achieving evidence-informed care by clinicians is lack of quick and easy identification, appraisal and synthesis of current best evidence. Clinicians...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 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
- 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.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 22 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
960 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02240095
Start Date
September 1 2014
End Date
October 22 2017
Last Update
October 25 2017
Active Locations (1)
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McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4K1