Imparting of Practical Skills by Digital Methods

Education Clinical Trial

Official title:

Imparting of Practical Skills by Digital Methods - Effectivity of Digital Education Under Conditions of the Pandemia Concerning the Application of Donati Suture and the Application of an Intraosseous Venous Access

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04842357
• Other study ID #: UM-Nr. 21-00483
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 25, 2021
• Est. completion date: July 30, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: August 2021
• Source: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Due to the corona pandemia and the consecutive reduction of teaching students face to face the imparting of medical skills is limited. Video sequences may be an adequate alternative to educate selected practical skills. So, the investigators intend to explore this aspect as a first concerning two basic medical skills: Donati suture and intraosseous venous access.

Description:

The investigators will recruit last year medical students and randomise them into two groups: Group A and Group B. Both groups will be video recorded during the performance of the two skills on simulators (i.s. Donati suture and intraosseous venous access) (timepoint: T0). Then group A will watch a standardised video about the skills, and group B will do self-study. Then, both groups will be again video recorded during the performance of the two skills on simulators (timepoint: T1). After 1 week group B will watch the same standardised video about the skills, and group A will do self-study. Then both groups will be again video recorded during the performance of the two skills on simulators (timepoint: T2).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 78
• Est. completion date: July 30, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: June 11, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• medical student in the last year of the curriculum

Exclusion Criteria:

• no medical student in the last year of the curriculum

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Clinical Skills
• Education
• Intra-osseous
• Sutures

Intervention

Other:
• standardised video concerning clinical skill
watching a video concerning clinical skills.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	University Hospital Centre Mainz	Mainz	RLP

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

References & Publications (5)

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Levitan RM, Bortle CD, Snyder TA, Nitsch DA, Pisaturo JT, Butler KH. Use of a battery-operated needle driver for intraosseous access by novice users: skill acquisition with cadavers. Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Nov;54(5):692-4. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.06.012. Epub 2009 Jul 29. — View Citation

Oriot D, Darrieux E, Boureau-Voultoury A, Ragot S, Scépi M. Validation of a performance assessment scale for simulated intraosseous access. Simul Healthc. 2012 Jun;7(3):171-5. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e31824a5c20. — View Citation

Shippey S, Handa VL, Chen TL, Chou B, Bowen CW. Validation of an instrument for evaluation of subcuticular suturing using a plastic tissue model. J Surg Educ. 2009 Jan-Feb;66(1):31-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2008.09.001. — View Citation

Shippey SH, Chen TL, Chou B, Knoepp LR, Bowen CW, Handa VL. Teaching subcuticular suturing to medical students: video versus expert instructor feedback. J Surg Educ. 2011 Sep-Oct;68(5):397-402. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2011.04.006. Epub 2011 Jun 25. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Donati suture: "Task-Specific Score"	Score to quantify the particular skill: Minimum / worst performance 8, Max / best performance: 40	1 week
Primary	Intraosseous venous access: "Intraosseous Access Performance Assessment Scale"	Score to quantify the particular skill: Minimum / worst performance 0, Max / best performance: 17	1 week