Are Text Pages an Effective Nudge to Increase Attendance at Internal Medicine Morning Report Conferences? A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the importance of medical educational conferences, low attendance remains an issue. The utility of reminder text pages as a behavioral nudge to increase attendance is unknown. Our objective was to determine whether reminder text pages increase daily morning report attendance.

Methods

We conducted a multiple-crossover cluster randomized controlled trial among medical students and internal medicine interns and residents (learners) at the Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System during the 2019 to 2020 academic year. During intervention periods, all residents and interns received a text page reminder 5 minutes before the upcoming 8:00 am morning report conference; no page was sent during control periods. The primary outcome was conference attendance 10 minute

SUBMITTER: Ganatra RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10984682 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature