Learning Effect of Onsite vs. Online Education in a Medical Context

Bispebjerg Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Online Learning

Treatments: Other: Online

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05736627

Online learning effect

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of online medical education in PhD students. The main question it aims to answer is:

What is the effect of onsite compared to online research courses on theoretical knowledge of research methodology and motivation for young medical researchers? Participants will join 20 research courses which are computer randomised to be delivered online (intervention) or onsite (control group) with 10-12 PhD students of each course (200-240 participants). Participants will be followed for up to two years after their course. The outcomes are

• theoretical learning (main)
• academic achievements
• motivation
• self-efficacy

Researchers will compare online and onsite research courses to see if there is a difference in theoretical learning, academic achievements, motivation and self-efficacy.

Enrollment: 240 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All PhD students on the courses if they are able to give informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Declining to participate
• Withdrawal of informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

---

240 participants in 2 patient groups

Online setting

Experimental group

Description:

Research course delivered digitally (Zoom or Teams meeting rooms) at a distance.

Treatment:

Other: Online

Onsite setting

No Intervention group

Description:

Research course delivered physically in educational facilities.