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Effect of Smartphone App–Based Education on Clinician Prescribing Habits in a Learning Health Care System

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Key Points Question Can delivery of educational content via a smartphone-based app using spaced education and retrieval practice change patient care practices? Findings In this randomized clinical trial comprising 354… Click to show full abstract

Key Points Question Can delivery of educational content via a smartphone-based app using spaced education and retrieval practice change patient care practices? Findings In this randomized clinical trial comprising 354 clinicians, use of spaced education with retrieval practice delivered via a webapp was associated with a statistically significant doubling of the odds of fluid prescribing behaviors being consistent with evidence-based standards. However, the improvement was not sustained after 8 to 12 weeks. Meaning The findings of this trial show that disseminating learning at scale to frontline clinicians is possible through spaced education via an app.

Keywords: app; smartphone; education; spaced education; care; effect smartphone

Journal Title: JAMA Network Open
Year Published: 2022

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