Comparison of Methods for Teaching Simple Skin Sutures to Medical Students: a Randomized Blinded Controlled Study
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 200
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- quality of skin suture
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Learning the simple skin suture is part of the surgical basics required for all medical students, including future general practitioners.
However, there is no data in the educational literature to help choose the best learning technique.
Several teams have offered video learning showing the correct technique. Level n+1 peer learning was also proposed, without and with supervision by an expert.
The investigators propose to carry out a prospective study comparing the quality of sutures and knowledge according to the chosen learning method.
Detailed Description
Send to medical student a teaching package two weeks before simulation session to practice skin suture. There are 4 teaching packages related to 4 interventional groups The skin suture performed by medical students are recorded on video. 1 video per medical student.
The skin sutures recorded in these video are rated by two blinded expert with evaluation grid.
After the simulation session, the students complete knowledge, self-confidence, satisfaction and mental load questionnaires
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 40 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Medical student of the faculty of Clermont-Ferrand
Exclusion Criteria
- •Refusal to participate
Arms & Interventions
gr A: powerpoint and tutor
teaching with powerpoint and tutor
Intervention: powerpoint and tutor (Other)
gr B: powerpoint and tutor and video skill
teaching with powerpoint and tutor and video showing skill to perform a skin suture
Intervention: powerpoint and tutor (Other)
gr B: powerpoint and tutor and video skill
teaching with powerpoint and tutor and video showing skill to perform a skin suture
Intervention: video skill (Other)
gr C: powerpoint and tutor and video error
teaching with powerpoint and tutor and video showing errors
Intervention: powerpoint and tutor (Other)
gr C: powerpoint and tutor and video error
teaching with powerpoint and tutor and video showing errors
Intervention: video errors (Other)
gr D: powerpoint and tutor and video skill and error
teaching with powerpoint and tutor and video showing skill to perform a skin suture and errors
Intervention: powerpoint and tutor (Other)
gr D: powerpoint and tutor and video skill and error
teaching with powerpoint and tutor and video showing skill to perform a skin suture and errors
Intervention: video skill (Other)
gr D: powerpoint and tutor and video skill and error
teaching with powerpoint and tutor and video showing skill to perform a skin suture and errors
Intervention: video errors (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
quality of skin suture
Time Frame: 15 days after simulation session
Quality of suture on anonymized video recording during the assessment day, rated by the blinded expert using an evaluation grid evaluation grid is made up of 14 items from the litterature the minimum value is: 0 (worse outcome) and maximum value is: 15 points (better outcome)
Secondary Outcomes
- knowledge of student(15 days after simulation session)
- self-confidence of student(15 days after simulation session)
- mental load of student(15 days after simulation session)