Status:

COMPLETED

A Study to Evaluate Strategies for Teaching Effective Use of Diagnostic Tests

Lead Sponsor:

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

McMaster University

Conditions:

Instructional Methods

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

A recent Institute of Medicine monograph brought attention to high rates of diagnostic error and called for better educational efforts to improve diagnostic accuracy.1 Educational methods, however, ar...

Detailed Description

Research has shown that expert diagnosticians use a two-step process to confirm a diagnosis: hypothesis generation to generate diagnostic possibilities, followed by hypothesis verification to confirm ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Medical Student at McMaster University or Eastern Virginia Medical School
  • Completed 18 months of coursework

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    May 15 2018

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    October 15 2019

    Estimated Enrollment :

    65 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT04130607

    Start Date

    May 15 2018

    End Date

    October 15 2019

    Last Update

    October 17 2019

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    Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

    Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23507