Comparison of Web- Versus Classroom-based Basic Ultrasound and Extended Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma (EFAST) Training in Two European Hospitals

Learning Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparison of Web- Versus Classroom-based Basic Ultrasound and EFAST Training in Two European Hospitals

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01040767
• Other study ID #: 2008-P-002019/1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 24, 2009
• Last updated: December 29, 2009
• Start date: November 2008
• Est. completion date: February 2009

Study information

• Verified date: December 2009
• Source: Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Study Objective: Training physicians in new skills via classroom-based teaching has inherent costs and time constraints. We sought to evaluate whether web-based didactics result in similar knowledge improvement and retention of basic ultrasound principles and the EFAST (Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) compared with the traditional method.

Methods: Physicians from two German emergency departments were randomized into a classroom group with traditional lectures and a web group that watched narrated lectures online. All participants completed a pre- and post-test, and a second post-test eight weeks later. Both groups underwent hands-on training after the first post-test. A control group completed the two initial tests without didactic intervention.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 55
• Est. completion date: February 2009
• Est. primary completion date: February 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Physicians currently practicing in a German emergency department

• Age = 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to participate in all aspects of the study prior to study begin

• Control group: Subjects who did not complete the pre-test

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Learning

Intervention

Other:
• Didactic training in basic ultrasound and the EFAST
Physicians in the classroom group (class) listened to traditional lectures, while the web group (web) watched narrated lectures online. All participants completed a pre- and post-test, and a second post-test eight weeks later. Both groups underwent hands-on training after the first post-test.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Institut fuer Notfallmedizin e.V.	Kempten	Bavaria
Germany	Klinikum Nuernberg	Nuernberg	Bavaria

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Institut fuer Notfallmedizin Kempten e.V., Germany, Klinikum Nürnberg

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Mean test scores by didactic group for three consecutive multiple choice tests		November 2008 - February 2009	No
Secondary	Participant satisfaction with training and reported comfort with ultrasound use after training		December 2008 - February 2009	No