Non-technical Attributes and Surgical Experience: a Cross-sectional Study Comparing Communication Styles and Attitudes in Surgical Staff, Trainees and Applicants
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- Enrolling By Invitation
- 入组人数
- 120
- 主要终点
- Participant attitudes towards taking risks
研究概览
简要总结
This study consists of an analysis of the communication styles and attitudes towards risk and uncertainty (i.e. non-technical attributes) in a surgical population with varying clinical experience.
The study aims to investigate the differences and specific patterns in non-technical attributes that may be discerned in these groups and how these non technical attributes develop throughout surgical training.
详细描述
This study evaluated the communication styles and attitudes towards risk and uncertainty in a population of surgical candidates (pre- and postgraduates), surgical trainees and surgical staff members, from the specialties of general surgery, orthopedics, urology and plastic surgery. After signing informed consent, participants complete an on-line questionnaire, which contains a set of validated tools.
Initially, a cross-sectional analysis of the non-technical attributes will be conducted, to identify any patters, similarities or differences between participant groups.
The study hypothesis is that significant differences can be observed in participant attributes, which relate to their clinical experience.
Additionally, surgical candidates who agree to participate in this study and are accepted for a surgical training in either general surgery, orthopaedics, urology or plastic surgery, will be invited to repeat the questionnaire at a 2-year interval, to investigate the evolution of their non-technical attributes throughout their training and to identify general patterns.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Only
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Participant is part of any of the following groups:
- •Applicant for surgical training in general surgery, orthopedics, urology or plastic surgery.
- •Trainee in general surgery, orthopedics, urology, plastic surgery.
- •Staff in general surgery, orthopedics, urology, plastic surgery.
- •Participant is active at Ghent University Hospital or an affiliated training hospital.
- •No exclusion criteria apply to this study.
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Participant attitudes towards taking risks
时间窗: Rating scale is completed by all groups on study inclusion, after signing informed consent. For the candidate group, this measure is repeated on a selection day during the surgical selection process, +- 1 - 2 months after study inclusion
Physicians' risk attitude (PRA) Scale (Range: 2-12)
Participant communication styles
时间窗: Rating scale is completed by all groups on study inclusion, after signing informed consent.
Communication Styles Inventory-96 scale:Subdomains: Expressiveness (range: 1-5); Preciseness (range: 1-5); Verbal aggressiveness (range: 1-5); Questioningness (range: 1-5); Emotionality (range: 1-5); Impression manipulativeness (range: 1-5)
Participant attitudes towards uncertainty
时间窗: Rating scale is completed by all groups on study inclusion, after signing informed consent. For the candidate group, this measure is repeated on a selection day during the surgical selection process, +- 1 - 2 months after study inclusion
Physicians' Reactions to Uncertainty (PRU) scale: Anxiety due to uncertainty (Range: 5-30 ); Concern about bad outcomes (3-18); Reluctance to disclose uncertainty to patients (Range: 5-30); Reluctance to disclose mistakes to physicians (Range 2-12)
次要结局
- Participant perceived actual health status(Rating scale is completed by all groups on study inclusion, after signing informed consent.)