Text4Peds: Short Message Service Evaluating Medical Student Education

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Education, Medical, Undergraduate, SMS

In brief

In this study, third year medical students on the pediatric clerkship will be randomized to receive either only written educational material (review journal articles) or written educational material plus daily text messages consisting of board style questions with online answers. The students' performance on the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) Pediatric Subject Evaluation will be compared between the two groups.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03346616

Run by

St. Louis University

People needed

162

Starts

2016-05-02

Expected to finish

2017-04-28

Last updated by the study team

2017-11-17

Who can join

Age: 20 and older, up to 50. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Third year medical students on the Pediatric Clerkship at Saint Louis University School of Medicine

You may not qualify if…

• Third year medical students who did not have a mobile phone capable of receiving a short message service (SMS) text message

Where it is running

• St Louis University — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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