NCT04177979

Efficacy of Near-Assisted Learning (NAL) in Improving Students' Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) Grades

Efficacy of Near-Assisted Learning (NAL) in Improving Students' OSCE Grades: A Single-Blinded RCT

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sulaiman AlRajhi Colleges · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the impact of near-assisted learning (NAL) on first-year medical students' objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) grades in a problem-based learning (PBL) environment.

Detailed description

In this randomized controlled trial, 1st year medical students were recruited in the study along with selected highly-performing, trained peer-instructors. The participants were randomly allocated to two groups, an intervention group supervised by the instructors and the control group that had to practice independently. They would attend OSCE sessions and had their performance evaluated, later on, in an exam. In addition to comparing their performance with each other, scores of the previous batch were considered in the comparison.

Conditions

• Cost
• Problem-based Learning
• Peer Group

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Near-assisted learning through trained peers	Students randomly allocated to this group were overseen during sessions by trained peer instructors.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-04-06
• Primary completion: 2019-04-30
• Completion: 2019-04-30
• First posted: 2019-11-26
• Last updated: 2019-11-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Saudi Arabia