Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Andrew Hassell
ORCID ID
Contact details
Staffordshire Rheumatology Centre
Haywood Hospital
High Lane
Burslem
Stoke-on-Trent
ST6 7AG
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1782 556308
andyhassell@doctors.org.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
H0628
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
In order to optimise the treatment of people with arthritis and related conditions it is important that all doctors have the necessary skills to examine and assess joints. In the past teaching of these skills has not been a priority in medical schools and there is a need for it to be improved, despite financial and staffing restrictions. Rheumatology nurse specialists are increasingly involved in the assessment and treatment of patients and there is a similar need for effective but efficient training in this group. The aim of our study is to test whether a multimedia computer package is of value in helping medical students, GP trainees and nurse specialists in learning to assess the shoulder and knee joints. Our findings will also be a guide to whether it is worth developing similar computer based packages in the future.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Other
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Condition
Arthritis
Intervention
CDROM versus video (undergraduate medical students).
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
30/09/2001
Overall trial end date
29/06/2005
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Undergraduate medical students.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
30/09/2001
Recruitment end date
29/06/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Staffordshire Rheumatology Centre
Stoke-on-Trent
ST6 7AG
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC) (UK)
Sponsor details
Copeman House
St Mary's Court
St Mary's Gate
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S41 7TD
United Kingdom
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info@arc.org.uk
Sponsor type
Charity
Website
Funders
Funder type
Charity
Funder name
Arthritis Research Campaign (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=16208642
Publication citations
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Results
Vivekananda-Schmidt P, Lewis M, Hassell AB, , Cluster randomized controlled trial of the impact of a computer-assisted learning package on the learning of musculoskeletal examination skills by undergraduate medical students., Arthritis Rheum., 2005, 53, 5, 764-771, doi: 10.1002/art.21438.