Standardized Criteria to Judge Diagnostic Urethrocystoscopy Skills

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Urethrocystoscopy Skills
• Interventions: Other: educational workshop; Other: no intervention (usual resident activities)

• Registration Number: NCT00631761
• Lead Sponsor: University of Cincinnati

Brief Summary

Develop a tool to objectively quantify technical skills necessary to perform diagnostic cystoscopy (using Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills- OSATS).

Develop criteria by which surgeons skills in diagnostic cystoscopy can be evaluated or judged.

Develop an intervention (1.5 hour workshop) which can be replicated by other residency programs in order to enhance learning of diagnostic cystoscopy. The workshop should be adequate for practicing Gynecologists as well as they already have experience with diagnostic hysteroscopy which uses many of the same concepts.

Detailed Description

The OSATS and a written examination will be used to assess residents skills and knowledge pertinent to diagnostic urethrocystoscopy. All residents will be tested on anatomic replica of human bladder for baseline competency using the above tools. Then approximately half will be randomly selected to undergo an educational intervention (a workshop teaching diagnostic urethrocystoscopy). As we are interested in short-term acquisition, about a week later all residents will be retested using the same methods. Grades on the exam will be kept confidential.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2008-02-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-03-07
• Study First Posted: 2008-03-10
• Study Start: 2008-05
• Primary Completion: 2008-06
• Study Completion: 2008-06
• Status Verified: 2008-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2008-08-18
• Last Update Posted: 2008-08-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

• All Obstetrics & Gynecology and Urology resident physicians training at the University of Cincinnati

Exclusion Criteria

• Any above resident with extensive training in cystoscopy

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	educational workshop	The intervention group will view a 20 minute video, receive a 30 minute didactic lecture on urethrocystoscopy, and 30 minute coaching/practice performing diagnostic cystoscopy on anatomic replicas of the human bladder.
2	no intervention (usual resident activities)	The control group will be instructed to read a urethrocystoscopy textbook chapter at home

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
measure competency and change in urethrocystoscopy skills	2 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Establish validity and reliability of measurement tools (OSATS) used to evaluate urethrocystoscopy skills	2 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Cincinnat; 🇺🇸 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States