Comparison of Hands-on Versus Online Learning About Ocular Ultrasound

Emergencies Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparison of Hands-on Versus Online Learning in Teaching Ultrasound Skills for Eye

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04834700
• Other study ID #: 2020-09-174
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 17, 2020
• Est. completion date: October 2021

Study information

• Verified date: March 2021
• Source: Samsung Medical Center
• Contact: Hee Yoon, MD., PhD.
• Phone: +821099335581
• Email: wildhi.yoon[@]samsung.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In patients who visit an emergency room with ocular symptoms, point-of-care ultrasound can quickly identify several emergency diseases. While training of eye ultrasound skills is useful for emergency physicians, hands-on education is risky in pandemic situation such as coronavirus disease 19 (COVID19). As a solution to this, non-face-to-face education via online has been on the rise. The investigators hypothesized that even an online education is enough to perform basic eye ultrasound by emergency physician.

Description:

Since the eye is an superficial organ, it has excellent access to ultrasound. Also, the eye has a liquid-filled structure (vitreous body), it is suitable for obtaining some important findings with bedside ultrasound. In patients who visit an emergency room with ocular symptoms, point-of-care ultrasound can quickly identify several emergency diseases. While training of eye ultrasound skills is useful for emergency physicians, hands-on education is risky in pandemic situation such as COVID19. As a solution to this, non-face-to-face education via online has been on the rise. The investigators hypothesized that even an online education is enough to perform basic eye ultrasound by emergency physician.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 32
• Est. completion date: October 2021
• Est. primary completion date: April 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria for doctors:

• Those who have received basic ultrasound education but have not received ocular ultrasound education

• Residents and interns working in the emergency room

• Those who voluntarily agree to participate in the research through the recruitment announcement

Inclusion Criteria for standard patients:

• Adults over 18 years of age without eye-related symptoms

• Those who do not have unusual findings in the eye when scanning by ultrasound

• Those who voluntarily agree to participate in the research through the recruitment announcement

Exclusion Criteria for standard patients:

• Those with a history of ophthalmic diseases

• Those who have a history of ophthalmic surgery such as lens implantation

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emergencies

Intervention

Other:
• online group
In terms of teaching ultrasound, video lectures will be conducted rather than hands-on, which is the traditional method.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Korea, Republic of	Samsung Medical Center	Seoul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Samsung Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Korea, Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	scan score	We make our own guideline to evaluate ocular ultrasound scans. The ocular ultrasound images performed participants are evaluated according to the guideline.; We compare the scores of the hands-on group and the online group to see if there is a significant difference between the two groups.	through study completion, an average of 1 year
Secondary	Optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD)	Two ultrasound experts measure the standard patient's ONSD and use it as a reference value.; The course of ocular ultrasound scanning involves measuring ONSD. We compare the measured ONSD of the hands-on group and the online group to see if there is a significant difference between the two groups.	through study completion, an average of 1 year