Simulation Based Training In Medical Students

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Cholera

• Registration Number: NCT06929312
• Lead Sponsor: CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry

Brief Summary

Transferring classroom learning to real-life situations is a challenge. Tabletop simulation exercises offer a low-cost and context-specific approach for educating students on appropriate responses during health emergencies.

This randomized controlled trial will evaluate the effectiveness of simulation-based training versus traditional lecture methods in enhancing outbreak investigation skills among medical students.

Detailed Description

This randomized controlled trial will assess the efficacy of simulation-based training compared to conventional lecture methods in improving medical students' outbreak investigation skills. it will be Conducted at CMH Lahore Medical College over nine months, the trial will include 4th year MBBS students with no prior outbreak investigation training. Participants will be randomized into two groups: an intervention group undergoing simulation-based exercises and a control group receiving traditional lectures.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-07-08
• Study First Submitted: 2025-03-17
• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-04-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-15
• Study First Posted: 2025-04-16
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-16
• Primary Completion: 2025-04-30
• Study Completion: 2025-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 82

Inclusion Criteria

• 4th year MBBS students at CMH Lahore Medical College without prior outbreak investigation training,
• willing to participate and providing informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• students with supplementary exams
• unwillingness to participate, or
• scheduling constraints.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Outcome will be measured via knowledge, expertise in outbreak investigation, and attitude toward community medicine.	at baseline and after two week of teaching methodology applied	The primary outcome will be measured using the Cholera Outbreak Investigation Training Questionnaire (COIT-Q)-a self-designed, pre-validated tool that will evaluate: Knowledge Domain: 10 MCQs (1 mark each; total = 10 marks); Skills Domain: 6 scenario-based items rated 0-2 each (total = 12 marks); Attitude Domain: 5 Likert-scale items (1-5 per item; total = 25 marks)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry; 🇵🇰 Lahore, Pakistan