Comparison of Web- Versus Classroom-based Basic Ultrasound and Extended Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma (EFAST) Training in Two European Hospitals

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Learning
• Interventions: Other: Didactic training in basic ultrasound and the EFAST

• Registration Number: NCT01040767
• Lead Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital

Brief Summary

Study Objective: Training physicians in new skills via classroom-based teaching has inherent costs and time constraints. We sought to evaluate whether web-based didactics result in similar knowledge improvement and retention of basic ultrasound principles and the EFAST (Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) compared with the traditional method.

Methods: Physicians from two German emergency departments were randomized into a classroom group with traditional lectures and a web group that watched narrated lectures online. All participants completed a pre- and post-test, and a second post-test eight weeks later. Both groups underwent hands-on training after the first post-test. A control group completed the two initial tests without didactic intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-11
• Primary Completion: 2009-02
• Study Completion: 2009-02
• Status Verified: 2009-12
• Study First Submitted: 2009-12-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-12-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-12-29
• Study First Posted: 2009-12-30
• Last Update Posted: 2009-12-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 55

Inclusion Criteria

• Physicians currently practicing in a German emergency department
• Age ≥ 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

• Inability to participate in all aspects of the study prior to study begin
• Control group: Subjects who did not complete the pre-test

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Class	Didactic training in basic ultrasound and the EFAST	-
Web	Didactic training in basic ultrasound and the EFAST	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mean test scores by didactic group for three consecutive multiple choice tests	November 2008 - February 2009

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Participant satisfaction with training and reported comfort with ultrasound use after training	December 2008 - February 2009

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Institut fuer Notfallmedizin e.V.; 🇩🇪 Kempten, Bavaria, Germany

Klinikum Nuernberg; 🇩🇪 Nuernberg, Bavaria, Germany