Evaluation of a Simulation Training Tool to Identify Lesions Requiring Further Screening for Melanoma

Mastery Learning Model to Simulation Training for Visual Screening for Melanoma and Skin Biopsy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Development and Evaluation of a Simulation Training Module to Identify Lesions Requiring Further Visual Screen or Skin Biopsy for Melanoma

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01191294
• Other study ID #: JKR-011510
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 27, 2010
• Last updated: September 24, 2014
• Start date: July 2010
• Est. completion date: July 2011

Study information

• Verified date: September 2014
• Source: Northwestern University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators will design a curriculum for visual screening for melanoma and skin biopsy procedure, based on the mastery learning model, using simulators and web-based didactic instruction for medical students and internal medicine residents. This requires having a skin simulation model that presents a range of lesions from benign nevus to atypical nevus to melanoma in a distribution and density that mimics the clinical findings of those with 2 skin tones: fair-skin non- Hispanic white and Hispanic.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 270
• Est. completion date: July 2011
• Est. primary completion date: July 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 89 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Medical student in his primary care clerkship at Northwestern University

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not a medical student in his primary care clerkship at Northwestern University

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mastery Learning Model to Simulation Training for Visual Screening for Melanoma and Skin Biopsy
• Melanoma
• Skin Simulation Model

Intervention

Other:
• Simulation teaching session
Simulation-based, mastery learning educational intervention in visual screening for melanoma

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Northwestern University	Chicago	Illinois

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Northwestern University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Simulation curriculum for screening for melanoma	To design a curriculum for visual screening for melanoma and skin biopsy procedure, based on the mastery learning model, using simulators and web-based didactic instruction for medical students and internal medicine residents	1 year	No
Secondary	Change in melanoma detection skills	To measure changes in medical student and resident skills before and after the intervention, and determine if students achieve the zero error rate in recognizing the melanomas, namely no false negatives.	1 hour	No