Cardiothoracic Critical Care as Subspecialty and Its Core Competencies

Consensus Development Clinical Trial

Official title:

Delphi Study for Evaluation of Cardiothoracic Critical Care as a Subspecialty and Its Core Competencies

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06370338
• Other study ID #: 2024B0101
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: April 11, 2024
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: Ohio State University
• Contact: Alberto Uribe, MD
• Phone: 6142933559
• Email: alberto.uribe[@]osumc.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to develop a consensus on the curriculum for training cardiothoracic critical care by first evaluating the need for the field, based on a Delphi consensus among a panel of experts in this field.

Description:

This study will use the Delphi process to conduct this study. This survey research involves Phase 1 and Phase 2 of questioning, each phase involves up to 3 rounds of questions to determine agreement or disagreement. Each round will take approximately 20 minutes to complete, and responses will remain completely confidential. For both phases, the questions will either be 7-point Likert or multiple choices. For both phases, the group of questions will be sent up to three times until agreement (up to 80% of agreement consensus). Questions that have obtained agreement will be removed in each round. The questions will help the experts and the research team understand where there is current agreement on, or topic that may need to be discussed/studied further to unify trainings.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 68
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: April 30, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• The participants will be experts in the field of Cardiothoracic Surgery Critical Care Medicine to better understand the training needs of the field. Experts must have been in practice for a minimum of 5 years and have at least 50% of practice in cardiothoracic intensive care units.

• The participants will have graduated from a critical care fellowship in either an administration, education, or research role.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants who do not meet the exclusion criteria will be excluded due to their lack of experience in the field.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Consensus Development

Intervention

Other:
• Delphi Questionnaire
Experts will be approached to participate in the research via email. If the experts agree to participate they will check 'yes' in the email with the informed consent and will be directed to the Qualtrics survey. If the expert decides to decline consent they will check 'no' in the email and will not be enrolled. Subjects who agree to participate will undergo 2 phases of questions with three rounds of the same questions in each phase. This Delphi survey research involves Phase 1 and Phase 2 of questioning, each phase involves up to 3 rounds of questions to determine agreement or disagreement. Each round will take approximately 20 minutes to complete, and your responses will remain completely confidential. For both phases, the questions will either be 7-point Likert or multiple choices. For both phases, the group of questions will be sent up to three times until we obtain agreement (up to 80% of agreement consensus). Questions that have obtained agreement will be removed in each round.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center	Columbus	Ohio

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ohio State University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Degree of consensus on the curriculum for training cardiothoracic critical care by first evaluating the need for the field	The level of agreement for all statements achieving consensus from the expert panel; consensus is predefined as = 80% of the panel rating.	12 months
Secondary	Degree of consensus on defining training core competencies, goals, and milestones.	The level of agreement for all statements achieving consensus from the expert panel; consensus is predefined as = 80% of the panel rating.	12 months
Secondary	Degree of consensus on the definitions of "Scholarship", "Patient", "Safety", "Quality"	The level of agreement for all statements achieving consensus from the expert panel; consensus is predefined as = 80% of the panel rating.	12 months