PROficiency Based StePwise Endovascular Curricular Training: Multicentric Registry

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Vascular Diseases
• Interventions: Other: PROSPECT

• Registration Number: NCT05620186
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Ghent

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 Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-10-17
• Study First Submitted: 2022-11-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-11-10
• Study First Posted: 2022-11-17
• Status Verified: 2024-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-12-04
• Last Update Posted: 2024-12-09
• Primary Completion: 2027-10-01
• Study Completion: 2027-10-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

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

• N/A

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Massed PROSPECT	PROSPECT	Massed, bootcamp-style training form of PROSPECT where trainees are exempt from clinical duties
Original PROSPECT	PROSPECT	Original, distributed PROSPECT where trainees learn at their own pace in between, before/after clinical activities

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cognitive skills	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	comparison before program start and after completion. This means through study completion.	Rating scale assessment and simulator metrics

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Technical skills retention	3, 6 and 12 months after program completion	Rating scale assessment and simulator metrics
Cognitive skills retention	3, 6 and 12 months after program completion	Multiple Choice Question test (min: 0, max: 20, the higher the score, the better)

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

KU Leuven; 🇧🇪 Leuven, Belgium

CAMES; 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Denmark

University Hospital Ghent; 🇧🇪 Ghent, Belgium