Comparing hands-on training and video tutorial to hands-on training alone in teaching IUD application to 5th year medical students
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Teaching of intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) application to medical students at the University of Helsinki as a part of the general gynecology course.Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN10448032
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Helsinki University Hospital and Helsinki University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 160
Inclusion Criteria
1. 5th year medical students performing their basic gynecological course during 2015.
2. The patients are recruited from primary-care units for the teaching session. They are women that desire an IUD as contraception or as treatment for menstrual irregularities or dysmenorrea. They are recruited in the study at the session.
Exclusion Criteria
Other than participants of the basic gynecology course. There are no exlusion criteria for the patients when it comes to parity or age.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The learning outcome is measured at the teaching session. The evaluation is done by an experienced teacher, the student and the patient with the help of structured questionnaires, including evaluation of the technical performance and questions on feelings of anxiety, communicative skills and pain. The results will be compared between the control and the intervention group.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The study has no secondary outcome measures.