Clinical Research Directory

Exploring Patient and Physician Experiences of Medical Acupuncture

The proposed qualitative inquiry seeks to understand medical acupuncture from both the physician and the patient perspective. Interviewees will be asked to describe their experiences from the point of diagnosis or training up until the present day to capture the nature of their experiences across the treatment trajectory. Sample size for the qualitative data collection will be based on saturation of themes (thematic findings, e.g., patient talk is limited by family knowledge or physician-patient communication is limited by time constraints in the clinical setting), meaning investigators will continue recruitment until they are no longer hearing new experiences from participants. Saturation will be kept separate by groups (i.e., saturation of themes must be met within the group of patients separately from providers). Investigators will conduct preliminary data analysis after each 10 interviews to determine when saturation is reached. Recruitment numbers here are anticipated maximum numbers needed to reach saturation. Investigators plan to recruit and sample provider and patient populations in the following way. Investigators will group physicians by the physician's training so that we are sensitive to the fact that helpful patient-physician interaction approaches may differ across the patient's lifespan or with patient or physician experience with acupuncture. Audio recordings from each interview will be professionally transcribed and analysis will be concurrent with data collection to ensure reliability and validity of findings. Investigators will review transcripts as data are collected to identify emergent themes and ensure thematic saturation.

Quit and Screen Project

The Quit and Screen Project seeks to engage healthcare providers in helping adults who smoke to quit tobacco use, including menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, and screen for lung cancer early as strategies to reduce multiple chronic diseases. The goal of this clinical trial is to test the feasibility and impact of the Quit and Screen Project alone versus the G02 (Global Knowledge Center for Lung Cancer) Lung Cancer Screening training + the Quit and Screen Project training modules on changes in provider knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intentions related to provider advice to quit smoking and referrals for low dose computed tomography among health care providers randomly assigned to each condition. Participants will complete the training modules and complete pre- and post-tests to assess these outcomes.

iLookOut Micro-learning to Improve Knowledge Retention

This project investigates whether a multi-faceted strategy involving iLookOut's evidence-based Core Training plus an innovative follow-up Micro-Learning can promote knowledge retention and change behavior among early childhood professionals (ECPs) with regard to child abuse and its reporting. Additionally, this study will evaluate if non-ECPs experience similar improvements and retention of knowledge and changes in behavior as do ECPs.

A Comparison of People's Responses to the Labels "Natural Immunity" Versus "Disease-induced Immunity".

A comparison of how people respond to the terms "natural immunity" versus "disease-induced immunity".

An Experiment Comparing Public Reactions to the Labels "Community Immunity" Versus "Herd Immunity".

Participants are shown a scenario consisting of static images from a previous study ("herdimm") showing a visualization of how herd immunity works. Participants are randomized to see the text with the term "herd immunity" or "community immunity."