Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) and Simulation : a Preferred Learning Path

Cardiac Disease Clinical Trial

— TEE  

Official title:

Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) and Simulation : a Preferred Learning Path

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06164171
• Other study ID #: 7646
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: June 9, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: December 2023
• Source: University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
• Contact: Walid OULEHRI, MD
• Phone: 33 3 69 55 12 71
• Email: walid.oulehri[@]chru-strasbourg.fr
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has gradually become the technique of choice for continuous functional examination of the heart despite the significant training required for its interpretation. It has proven to be the safest, fastest, and most reliable technique for diagnosing most intra- and postoperative hemodynamic problems. Indeed, the transesophageal route is particularly well adapted to the situation of intubated patients, whether in the operating room, in the outpatient department or in intensive care. It offers images that are easier to obtain and of better quality than the transthoracic route; it can be performed without interfering with surgical activity or resuscitation. However, TEE training is often poor during the DES training in anesthesia and resuscitation, reserved for the few interns who will learn in a specific department where TEE is used on a daily basis.

Thus, simulation is a logical and recognized means by which technical aspects, mechanisms involved in the understanding of a situation, reasoning and decision making can be analyzed and improved.

The RFE SFAR 2019 recommendations suggest the use of simulation for the learning of technical gestures in initial training in order to improve their acquisition.

This study is therefore part of a technical and diagnostic improvement of a practice, which appears to be essential in several fields in anesthesia and intensive care, for a technique still not sufficiently acquired by many future practitioners.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 26
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: December 2023
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria:

• 1st or 2nd year DESAR interns who participated in the continuing education program

• Interns who agreed to participate in the professional practice evaluation study

Exclusion criteria :

• Interns who did not participate in the training

• Residents who do not agree to take the final test

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiac Disease
• Heart Diseases

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Service de Réanimation Chirurgicale - CHU de Strasbourg - France	Strasbourg

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Ability of a population of medical students to perform a TEE thanks to the contribution of simulation to their learning compared to a population of interns not trained on a high definition simulator Time in seconds required to make the 11 cuts		1 hour after operation