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

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Instructional Methods

In brief

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, are rarely tested and some educational efforts may be ineffective and wasteful.2 In this study, we plan to examine whether explicit instruction on diagnostic methods will have an effect on diagnostic accuracy of 2nd-year medical students and internal medicine residents.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04130607

Run by

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

People needed

65

Starts

2018-05-15

Expected to finish

2019-10-15

Last updated by the study team

2019-10-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

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

Where it is running

• Sentara Norfolk General Hospital — Norfolk, Virginia, United States

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