Registry Endovascular Training Curriculum PROSPECT for Surgical Trainees (PROficiency-based StePwise Endovascular Curricular Training Program)
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Ghent
- Enrollment
- 120
- Locations
- 3
- Primary Endpoint
- Cognitive skills
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this multicentric registry is to gather data from trainees completing PROSPECT: a PROficiency Based StePwise Endovascular Curricular Training to obtain basic cognitive and technical skills. The main goals are to identify if:
- Results from a previous randomised controlled trail can be reproduced in real life.
- Evaluate skills retention after program completion.
- Assess real life implementation of the training program.
Detailed Description
A validated PROSPECT (PROficiency-based StePwise Endovascular Curricular Training) training has been integrated into the training of surgical residents to teach basic cognitive, technical and non-technical endovascular skills. The program uses virtual reality simulation and E-learning. During the four modules of the program, formative feedback is given after each training session. Only after achieving a predetermined benchmark score, trainees can progress to the next module.
Surgical trainees completing PROSPECT showed superior real live endovascular performance compared to the traditionally trained in a single centre randomised controlled trial (RCT). The curriculum was integrated locally, but also introduced in other centers: national and international. Local tutors teach the curriculum to trainees after standardized training on the modalities of PROSPECT by the researchers of the Ghent.
A registry is maintained and coordinated by the Ghent research group in which all educational data regarding this training is collected and processed anonymously.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Surgical trainee
- •Knowledge and technical skill level evaluated
- •Demographics questionnaire and general MCQ test completed
- •Endovascular simulated exercise completed after familiarization with the simulator
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Arms & Interventions
Original PROSPECT
Original, distributed PROSPECT where trainees learn at their own pace in between, before/after clinical activities
Intervention: PROSPECT (Other)
Massed PROSPECT
Massed, bootcamp-style training form of PROSPECT where trainees are exempt from clinical duties
Intervention: PROSPECT (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Cognitive skills
Time Frame: comparison before program start and after completion. This means through study completion.
Multiple Choice Question test (min: 0, max: 20, the higher the score, the better)
Technical skills
Time Frame: comparison before program start and after completion. This means through study completion.
Rating scale assessment and simulator metrics
Secondary Outcomes
- Technical skills retention(3, 6 and 12 months after program completion)
- Cognitive skills retention(3, 6 and 12 months after program completion)