Blended course boosts health tech knowledge in students
NCT ID NCT07690241
First seen Jul 08, 2026 · Last updated Jul 09, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether a 14-week blended health informatics course improves knowledge and technology awareness among health science students in Nepal. One group of public health students takes the course, while a control group of pharmacy students follows their usual curriculum. Researchers measure changes in knowledge and awareness of digital health tools before and after the course.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Health Informatics-471 Blended Course
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this course could become a model for teaching health informatics in low-resource settings, improving digital health skills among future healthcare workers.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-site study with only 34 students, so results may not apply to other schools or countries. The control group studied a different major, which could bias comparisons.
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Locations
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Madan Bhandari Academy of Health Sciences
Hetauda, Bagmati, 31206, Nepal