Purpose: ?To experience using a government clinical trial website. ?To learn to read various researc

Purpose:  To experience using a government clinical trial website.  To learn to read various research reports.  To become aware of various government programs, systems, and institutions, that are happening and to gain experience on how to access information that may be helpful to you as a healthcare professional.

1. Go to this site: https://clinicaltrials.gov/
2. Click the heading: Find a study
3. There are tutorials at the bottom of this same menu      to help you learn how to search in this site if needed.
4. Select ‘See Studies on Map’ [the topic is your      choice]
5. Select the USA
6. Select IL — IT MUST BE AN ILLINOIS STUDY
7. In the filter menu on the lower-left select:
8. Studies: Completed
9. Sex: All
10. Study type: All
11. Study Results: With Results
12. Study Phase: Do not select any
13. Funder type: [your choice or leave blank]
14. Click: Apply

Hint: If you leave funding blank there will be a bigger list to choose from. 

Answer the following questions in order of sequence.

1. Title?
2. What conditions were involved or required to      participate in the study?
3. Give a description of the study found in the Tabular      view- [Purpose, who, what, when, where, & why etc…] 
4. What Intervention[s] were involved?
5. What specific drug[s] were involved?  [*If      there are none…pick another study.]
6. Give a brief summary of the results of the study.
7. Discuss what did you learn from this activity and the website?
8. Explain how you can see using this website as an HCP