NCT03758794

Knowledge and Attitude of Dental Interns on Child Abuse

Knowledge and Attitude of Dental Interns on Child Abuse After Implementation of Two Educational Modules: A Randomized Control Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 138 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

1. Knowledge and attitude of dental interns of the pediatric dental department regarding child abuse recognition and reporting will be assessed 2 times before and after attending one of 2 learning modules ( interactive lecture or online module ) assessment through a questionnaire 2. assessment of the learning experience through a written questionnaire

Detailed description

1. An introduction with the aim of the study will be given to all the interns of the pediatric dentistry department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University during a regular scheduled seminar. 2. All interns willing to join the study will be asked to sign an informed consent. 3. A pre-test questionnaire on recognition and reporting of child abuse will be given to the participants 4. The participants will be randomly allocated to 2 study groups Online Group: (this group will receive the educational material through an online educational module ) Lecture Group: (this group will receive the educational material through an interactive lecture based educational module ) 5. A post-test same as the pre-test will be used to assess the change in knowledge and attitude regarding child abuse recognition and reporting after the completion of the assigned educational module. 6. All participants that attended both educational modules will be asked to answer a small questionnaire about their perceptions regarding the learning experience.

Conditions

• Child Abuse

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	interactive lecture	an interactive lecture will be given to a group of dental interns students on child abuse recognition and reporting
OTHER	online education	an online educational module will be sent to a group of dental interns students on child abuse recognition and reporting

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-06-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-01
• Completion: 2020-05-01
• First posted: 2018-11-29
• Last updated: 2018-12-03