The impact of spaced review of learning on subsequent recall of information by hospital pharmacists, following teaching on antibiotics.

ISRCTN ISRCTN47886826
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN47886826
Secondary identifying numbers N0060155844
Submission date
30/09/2005
Registration date
30/09/2005
Last edited
20/02/2020
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Other
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Kieran Hand
Scientific

Pharmacy Department
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
369 Fulham Road
London
SW10 9NH
United Kingdom

Study information

Study designRandomised controlled trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typeOther
Participant information sheet Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Scientific title-
Study objectivesDoes structured, temporally spaced, revision of lecture material improve long-term memory in junior pharmacists following teaching on the subject of antibiotics? If so, to what extent is recall of information improved and does this warrant the increased resource requirements of structured revision?
Ethics approval(s)Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedMethods of post-graduate teaching
InterventionRandomised, unblinded, educational study with subjects assigned to intervention or control groups
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measureComparison of effectiveness of methods of post-graduate teaching. For publication in the educational or scientific literature
Secondary outcome measuresNot provided at time of registration
Overall study start date18/01/2005
Completion date31/08/2005

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupNot Specified
SexNot Specified
Target number of participants60
Key inclusion criteria60 (Recruitment - London NHS Acute Trusts)
Key exclusion criteriaDoes not match inclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment18/01/2005
Date of final enrolment31/08/2005

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Pharmacy Department
London
SW10 9NH
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Department of Health
Government

Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)20 7307 2622
Email dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Website http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en

Funders

Funder type

Hospital/treatment centre

Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust (UK)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Abstract results 13/04/2007 No No

Editorial Notes

20/02/2020: No publications found, all search options exhausted, study status unverified.