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NCT03650959 Clinical Trial

Optimizing Resource Utilization During Proficiency-based Training of Suturing Skills to Medical Students

Education, Medical Clinical Trial

Official title:
Optimizing Resource Utilization During Proficiency-Based Training of Suturing Skills to Medical Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Faculty-Led, Peer Tutor-Led, and Computer Augmented Methods of Teaching

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data
NCT number NCT03650959
Other study ID # SURG-422-18
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 3
First received
Last updated
Start date June 4, 2018
Est. completion date June 8, 2018

Study information
Verified date August 2018
Source Queen's University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Evidence favours teaching procedural skills to medical students using a proficiency-based rather than time-based approach. Basic suturing skills can be taught through faculty-led, peer tutor-led, and computer augmented approaches. One method has yet to be identified as superior in terms of educational outcomes, resource utilization, and participant perspectives.

Pre-clerkship medical students were randomized to: faculty, peer tutor, or computer augmented learning. Participants practiced suturing through their randomized method until they reached targeted proficiency defined using hand motion analysis (HMA). Proficiency was defined as a score of the average plus a standard deviation of five surgeons' HMA for two of three consecutive sutures using appropriate technique.

The primary outcome was the number of stitches placed to achieve proficiency. The secondary outcomes were the number of sutures used, time, and costs incurred. Learning curves were constructed. Participants' perceptions were assessed using a follow-up survey.

Recruitment information / eligibility
Status Completed
Enrollment 44
Est. completion date June 8, 2018
Est. primary completion date June 8, 2018
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group N/A and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Second year, pre-clerkship medical students

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Intervention

Other:
• Method of learning simple interrupted sutures with instrument tie
Students will train to proficiency (defined by hand motion analysis) on simple interrupted sutures with an instrument tie via one of three different methods: faculty-led, peer tutor-led, or computer augmented self-directed learning.

Locations
Country Name City State
Canada Queen's Unviersity Kingston Ontario

Sponsors (1)
Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Queen's University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome
Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Learning curves Five days
Other Student preferences Five days
Primary Number of stitched laid to reach proficiency Five days
Secondary Number of sutures used to reach proficiency Five days
Secondary Minutes to reach proficiency Five days
Secondary Individual costs to reach proficiency Five days
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