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Filter by:The goal of this clinical trial is to compare different digital learning methods for teaching basic skills in point-of-care transthoracic echocardiography to medical students. The main question it aims to answer is: • Is a novel digital learning tool, such as a serious video game, non-inferior to traditional ultrasound simulator teaching methods in the context of basic point-of-care transthoracic echocardiography skills training? Participants will train basic point-of-care ultrasound skills using either a traditional basic ultrasound simulator course or the serious video game "Underwater". Both methods focus on training hand-eye coordination, which is particularly important in transthoracic echocardiography. To compare the performance of the participants, a baseline assessment will be performed before and a final assessment after the two-week training period.
The study is a feasibility pilot trial testing 2 types of training protocols on a single physician. The first training protocol is the current standard and was developed in high-income settings. The second training protocol will be developed so tailored to the Nigerian setting. Investigators will test if the physician performs differently in their ability to conduct anal cancer screening and treatment between the 2 training protocols.
Effective communication is one of important skills in occupational therapy (OT) practice, affecting the effectiveness and quality of therapy. Although there are only a few courses on communication skills related to OT, there is a lack of a complete, suitable, and evidence-based OT communication skills teaching programs that can effectively improve the interns' communication skills. The purpose of the study is to develop a communication skills training program for occupational therapy interns in physical dysfunction practice (COPE), and examine the effectiveness of COPE.
Central venous catheterization technique is a compulsory clinical skill for anesthesia resident physician. Because it is difficult to operate and may cause serious complications, teaching this skill is a key and difficult point in clinical teaching of anesthesiology department.This project aims to observe the effect of video demonstration combined with video feedback teaching on the central venous catheterization time of junior residents and to obtain a better training method for central venous catheterization skills.
Airway injury in patients is a high risk and complex medical crisis. Unfortunately, training for airway management in injured patients is challenging. The most effective way of practicing airway management is using mannequins. However, mannequin training is expensive and only occasionally available to medical trainees. The purpose of this study is to determine if Virtual Reality (VR) can be used to educate medical students on airway injury management. VR training will involve managing the care of a patient with an airway injury in an immersive, interactive VR hospital trauma bay. The investigators will compare the knowledge gained from VR training vs. mannequin training. The investigators will also investigate whether VR training teaches students faster than mannequin training. In addition, the investigators will identify factors which might affect learning from VR. Medical students who choose to participate will be randomized (i.e. participant will have a 50% chance to be placed in either group) to be trained with VR or a mannequin. Participants then will be trained on airway injury management using their assigned training approach. One week later, all participants will be assessed on their airway injury management skills using a mannequin. Before and after their sessions, participants will also be asked to complete a questionnaire on their clinical decision-making. Participants who received VR training will also complete a questionnaire about their experience with the VR training. This study will help develop a new approach to airway management training which is cheaper and more easily available to medical trainees than mannequin training. This educational tool could lead to better treatment of airway trauma in future patients.
The "G4MER" Program aims to investigate whether serious games add value to medical education in comparison to an online learning package or clinical practice guidelines. The investigators will perform a series of investigator-blinded randomised control trials on doctors, nurses, and medical students at Sydney Children's Hospital. Participants will be given access to their randomly allocated intervention for 8 weeks or 5 days, and will be assessed using multiple choice questions (MCQ) and two observed structure clinical examination (OSCE) stations. Participant attitudes will also be assessed through a mixed-methods questionnaire.
The present study aims to investigate the effect of immediate feedback on long-term blood pressure measurement skills. This is a randomized controlled trial including first year students from a Brazilian medical school, which will be randomized in two groups: an intervention group (submitted to a training on blood pressure measurement skills and an immediate feedback) and a control group (submitted to a training on blood pressure measurement skills, but with no immediate feedback). Then, students will be assessed 3 months after the feedback in order to see whether there will be a difference between groups. Our hypothesis is that students submitted to immediate feedback would have better scores in the blood-pressure measurement skills after 3 months. A knowledge questionnaire as well as a standardized patient scenario will be used to assess students' knowledge and skills.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a self-directed and simulation-based lung ultrasound (LUS) and focused cardiac ultrasound (FCU) curriculum is efficacious on anesthesia trainees' image acquisition skills and diagnostic acumen. The investigators hypothesize that a self-directed and ultrasound-assisted LUS and FCU curriculum that includes video lectures, online teaching modules, an ultrasound simulator, and self-directed hands-on sessions on critically ill mechanically ventilated patients is effective in training novice ultrasonographers to obtain good quality images, to correctly interpret them, and to support clinical decision-making in critically ill patients. Trainees will be randomized to fully supervised FCU hands-on sessions on healthy models and critically ill mechanically ventilated patients (control group - traditional apprenticeship model) or to a completely self-directed and simulation-based approach (intervention group). To assess if this new self-directed and simulation-based ultrasound curriculum leads to adequate acquisition of competences (adequate image acquisition and interpretation) in novice ultrasonographers, trainees will have to perform a focused lung and cardiac assessment on a critically ill mechanically ventilated patient.