An interventional study of Near-assisted learning through trained peers in Cost, Problem-based Learning and Peer Group, sponsored by Sulaiman AlRajhi Colleges. Completed at 1 site in Saudi Arabia. Open to male participants, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-11-26.
Sponsored by Sulaiman AlRajhi Colleges · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
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.
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.
Sulaiman AlRajhi Colleges is the lead sponsor of 6 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.
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Participants in this arm were supervised by the trained peer-instructors.
Behavioral: Near-assisted learning through trained peers
Participants in this arm were practicing independently. They were not supervised by any instructors.
Students randomly allocated to this group were overseen during sessions by trained peer instructors.
objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) Score
After the sessions, the study sample participated in the final osce exam. Their scores were compared. The minimum value was 0 while the maximum value was 100. The higher the score the better students had performed
Time frame: Less than a month
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Plan to share: No — Might be shared through the university webpage.
Ran from Apr 2019 to primary completion in Apr 2019, 0 months.
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