Does Instruction on Cognitive Aid Use Improve Performance and Retention of Skills?

Long-term Retention of Advanced Cardiac Life Support Skills Clinical Trial

Official title:

Does Instruction on Cognitive Aid Use Improve Performance and Retention of Skills? A Simulation Based Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01646372
• Other study ID #: OHRI-20120006
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 16, 2012
• Last updated: April 26, 2017
• Start date: July 2012
• Est. completion date: January 31, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: April 2017
• Source: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether formal instruction on the use of cognitive aids in managing a crisis will result in better longterm retention of knowledge and skills. In particular, this study examines the impact of cognitive aid teaching on the Advanced Cardiac Life Support course.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 55
• Est. completion date: January 31, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: October 31, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Post-graduate Medical trainee in departments of Anesthesia, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine

• Has taken ACLS Course at least once

Exclusion Criteria:

• Never taken ACLS Course

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Long-term Retention of Advanced Cardiac Life Support Skills

Intervention

Other:
• Standard Simulation Based ACLS Refresher Teaching
45min-1 hour time. 15 minutes didactic review of 2010 ACLS guidelines followed by practice simulated megacodes
• Cognitive Aid based ACLS Refresher training
45min-1 hour time. 15 minutes didactic review of 2010 ACLS guidelines followed by simulated ACLS megacode practice focused on the use of Cognitive Aids to guide management.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	The Ottawa Hospital	Ottawa	Ontario

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	The Academy for Innovation in Medical Education, The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Association

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	ACLS Megacode Examination Scale Score	Simulated scenarios will be videotaped. These will be scored according to the ACLS megacode testing checklist by trained video raters	6 months
Secondary	Anesthesia Non-Technical Skills Scale (ANTS)	Simulated Scenarios will be videotaped. Videos will be scored by trained raters according to the validated Anesthesia Nontechnical Skills Scale.	6 Months