Mnemonic for the Ottawa Ankle Rule

Education Clinical Trial

Official title:

Efficacy of a Mnemonic to Improve Knowledge of the Ottawa Ankle and Foot Rules Among Medical Students and Residents; a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00652353
• Other study ID #: 44-55-66-PM
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 31, 2008
• Last updated: March 18, 2013
• Start date: May 2008
• Est. completion date: June 2009

Study information

• Verified date: March 2013
• Source: St. Justine's Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Ethics Review CommitteeCanada: Health CanadaSenegal: Ministere de la sante
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate wether the use of a mnemonic strategy could improve the recall of the Ottawa Ankle and foot Rules' guidelines among medical students and residents

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 191
• Est. completion date: June 2009
• Est. primary completion date: June 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being a medical student in rotation in pediatrics at CHU Sainte-Justine

• Being a resident in pediatric emergency rotation at CHU Sainte-Justine

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Ankle Trauma
• Education

Intervention

Other:
• 44-55-66-PM
The mnemonic 44-55-66-PM helps to remember the components of the Ottawa Ankle and foot Rule. 44: Is to remember that an X-ray is required if the patients is unable to walk 4 steps at the moment of the Accident AND during the physical examination 55: Is to remember that an X-ray of the foot is required if the patient has pain at the basis of the 5Th metatarsal of at the 5caphoid 66-PM: Is to remember that an X-ray of the ankle is required if the patient has pain in the Posterior of the lateral or medial malleolar
• control
Participants will be instructed of the components of the Ottawa Ankle Rule on a standardized sheet

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	CHU Sainte-Justine	Montreal	Quebec

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
St. Justine's Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

References & Publications (1)

Gravel J, Roy M, Carrière B. 44-55-66-PM, a mnemonic that improves retention of the Ottawa Ankle and Foot Rules: a randomized controlled trial. Acad Emerg Med. 2010 Aug;17(8):859-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00731.x. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Knowledge of the components of the Ottawa Ankle rule based on a 13 points evaluation		3-4 weeks after intervention	No
Primary	Knowledge of the components of the Ottawa foot rule based on a 10 points evaluation		3-4 weeks	No
Secondary	Proportion of perfect knowledge of the Ottawa Ankle and Foot Rules		3-4 weeks	No
Secondary	Score on an exam evaluating management of 20 case scenarios describing patients with an ankle or foot trauma		3-4 weeks post intervention	No
Secondary	Knowledge of the 13 components of the Ottawa Ankle Rule and the 10 components of the Ottawa Foot Rule		6 months post intervention	No