N/A
Completed N=33
Improving Medical Training for the Care of Chronic Conditions
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00676208 ↗Enrolled (actual)
33
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Dec 2014
Primary outcomePrimary: Change in Confidence in Ability to Perform Teamwork — 1.40; -0.12 units of a scale — p=0.04
Summary
While medical training has increasingly included chronic care management, quality care necessitates education approaches that go farther. In April 2005, the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) implemented a weekly Diabetes Shared Medical Appointment (SMA). SMAs offer an important opportunity to improve chronic care and a unique setting for training physicians. In order to equip physicians with needed resources to manage chronic care, the ways in which SMA experiences are processed and integrated into learning about interdisciplinary approaches and expanding trainees' understanding of chronic care issues need to be examined.
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Change in Confidence in Ability to Perform Teamwork |
1.40; -0.12 | 0.04 sig |
| SECONDARY Change in Professionals' Attitudes About Diabetes |
0.88; -1.12 | 0.04 sig |
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
Medical Students:
Inclusion: All medical students participating in diabetes Shared Medical Appointment sessions or other training experiences during the course of the study.
Exclusion Criteria
medical students who have participated in SMAs for patients with diabetes at the Cleveland VAMC in the past.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00676208). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.