Evidence Based Education in Thoracic Ultrasound - A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Web-based Training to Traditional Class-based Lessons
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 220
- 主要终点
- Theoretical knowledge assessed by Multiple Choice Questionnaire (MCQ)
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to evaluate if a web-based thoracic ultrasound (TUS) training program can effectively educate users non-inferiorly to traditional classroom teaching in physicians and selected healthcare professionals attending scheduled TUS courses. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Will participants in the web-based learning group achieve non-inferior theoretical test scores compared to the class-based group?
- Will participants in the web-based learning group achieve non-inferior practical test scores on an ultrasound simulator compared to the class-based group?
Researchers will compare a traditional class-based learning group (receiving preparational material, oral presentation, and class-based cases) to a web-based learning group (receiving interactive web-based reading, tasks, videos, and quizzes) to see if the web-based approach yields non-inferior educational outcomes and skills retention.
Participants will:
- Complete pre-course preparation (90 minutes) and a theoretical pre-test (30 MCQs).
- Undertake either class-based or web-based theory and clinical integration training (3.5 hours total).
- Perform hands-on ultrasound training on healthy volunteers and a simulator (2 hours 30 minutes).
- Take a practical post-test using an objective structured assessment on a simulator.
- Potentially return for a voluntary retention test (theoretical and practical) to achieve certification.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
盲法说明
While the study is open-label, allocation is concealed from participants at the time of enrollment.
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Healthcare professional professionals attending the regional simulationscentres TUS Courses.
- •Provided consent to include their test results and data in the study in connection with the first theoretical test.
排除标准
- •- None (participants can complete the course without participating in the study if they decline consent, but there are no clinical or demographic exclusion criteria for the study itself).
研究组 & 干预措施
Control
Class-based teaching:
Preparational material (1.5h online reading/video) + class based theory and quiz/cases (3h) + hands-on training on healthy colleagues and simulator (2.5h)
干预措施: Class based Thoracic Ultrasound Training (Other)
Intervention
Web-based teaching:
Preparational material (1.5h online reading, video and interactive) + Web-based reading, interactive tasks and cases and videoes (3h) + hands-on training on healthy colleagues and simulator (2.5h)
干预措施: Web-based Thoracic Ultrasound Training (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Theoretical knowledge assessed by Multiple Choice Questionnaire (MCQ)
时间窗: At inclusion (baseline) until retention at 3 months.
Theoretical knowledge is assessed using a validated 30-question Multiple Choice Questionnaire. The total score ranges from 0 to 30. Higher scores indicate a better level of theoretical knowledge.
Practical clinical competence assessed by the Lung Ultrasound Objective Structured Assessment of Ultrasound Skills (LUS-OSAUS)
时间窗: Immediately post-course approximately 1-7 days after inclusion (Post-test) and at 3-6 months (Retention-test).
Practical ultrasound skills are assessed using an OSCE-like checklist based on the LUS-OSAUS framework. The total score ranges from 17-85. Higher scores indicate better practical ultrasound competence.
次要结局
- Interrater reliability(Will be conducted immediately post-course and at retention (3-6 months after courseday).)
- Influence of Institutional and Educational Factors on Retention Scores(Up to the time of the voluntary retention test or 6 months after course date.)