Blended course boosts health tech knowledge in students

NCT ID NCT07690241

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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.

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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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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

34 people

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Started

Apr 2026

Finished

Jun 2026

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 to 65 years

Sex

Anyone

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Accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Active enrollment in the 7th semester of the Bachelor of Public Health (BPH) program (intervention group) or the Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) program (control group) at Madan Bhandari Academy of Health Sciences (MBAHS). * Voluntary written informed consent obtained prior to any study procedure. * Completion of both T1 (Week 1, baseline) and T2 (Week 15, post-intervention) assessments. Exclusion Criteria: * Withdrawal from the study before completion of all study procedures. * Incomplete paired data (missing T1 or T2 assessment).

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Locations

  • Madan Bhandari Academy of Health Sciences

    Hetauda, Bagmati, 31206, Nepal