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Comparison of Two Summative Assessment Methods in Advanced Life Support Courses

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Self-Assessment
Interventions
Other: assessment
Registration Number
NCT03412032
Lead Sponsor
Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Brief Summary

Several approaches for summative assessment during Advanced Life Support courses are used. The most commonly used method during European Resuscitation (ERC) Council Life Support Courses is that 1 instructor is miming a whole team, and the candidate has to lead this "team" through a scenario; another variant of the summative assessment (mainly used by American Heart Association (AHA) Courses) is with a group of students, where one student is the team leader to be assessed and the others are his team not being assessed. The second approach might be more realistic; however there is no evidence around with regard to effectiveness (pass/fail rate, ability to test non-technical skills (NTS)) or participant/assessor satisfaction.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
428
Inclusion Criteria
  • All medical students at the University of Bern, study year 2017/2018, 5th and 6th study year
Exclusion Criteria
  • Refusal to participate

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
ERCassessmentAssessment as used by the European Resuscitation Council
AHAassessmentAssessment as used by the American Heart Association
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Team leadership1 minute after the assessment is completed

Subjective rating of team leadership

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Bern

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Bern, Switzerland

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