Does spaced education improve clinical knowledge among Family Medicine residents? A cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Spaced education is a learning strategy to improve knowledge acquisition and retention. To date, no robust evidence exists to support the utility of spaced education in the Family Medicine residency. We aimed to test whether alerts to encourage spaced education can improve clinical knowledge as measured by scores on the Canadian Family Medicine certification examination.

Method

We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial to empirically and pragmatically test spaced education using two versions of the Family Medicine Study Guide mobile app. 12 residency training programs in Canada agreed to participate. At six intervention sites, we consented 335 of the 654 (51%) eligible residents. Residents in the intervention group were sent alerts through the app to encourage the answering

SUBMITTER: Grad R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8338813 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature