App-guided Training in eFAST Ultrasound

Learning Outcome Clinical Trial

Official title:

Cost-effectiveness of Mobile App-guided Training in Extended Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma (eFAST): A Randomized Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02156921
• Other study ID #: H-3-2014-FSP17
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 27, 2014
• Last updated: October 26, 2016
• Start date: May 2014
• Est. completion date: October 2015

Study information

• Verified date: October 2016
• Source: Rigshospitalet, Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: The Regional Committee on Biomedical Research Ethics
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to investigate the cost-effectiveness of app-based self-directed ultrasound training compared to self-directed training with written handouts on subsequent performance on simulated patient cases and theoretical cases.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 34
• Est. completion date: October 2015
• Est. primary completion date: June 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• First year medical doctor

• Provided written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior practical ultrasonography experience such as performing independent ultrasonography scans, or participation in any post-graduate ultrasonography courses.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Learning Outcome
• Training Efficiency

Intervention

Other:
• App-based training

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation	Copenhagen	Capital Region

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rigshospitalet, Denmark	Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation, University of Copenhagen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Video recording of ultrasound skills, rated by consultant radiologists.	The video-recordings of the technical performances are merged with the ultrasonography screen-recordings to one anonymized video-clip. These combined video-clips are rated with the OSAUS rating by two raters. The OSAUS scale (Objective Structured Assessment of Ultrasound Skills) is used for all performance assessments. The raters are consultant radiologists.	Ratings are to be completed within three months of performance.	Yes
Primary	Cost-effectiveness of mobile app guided versus textbook guided training		September 2016	No
Secondary	Diagnostic accuracy	Participants are given five videocases, to assess for eFAST verifiable pathology.	On site via checklist, evaluated on average one day after performance.	Yes