Does Instruction on Cognitive Aid Use Improve Performance and Retention of Skills?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Long-term Retention of Advanced Cardiac Life Support Skills
• Interventions: Other: Standard Simulation Based ACLS Refresher Teaching; Other: Cognitive Aid based ACLS Refresher training

• Registration Number: NCT01646372
• Lead Sponsor: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether formal instruction on the use of cognitive aids in managing a crisis will result in better longterm retention of knowledge and skills. In particular, this study examines the impact of cognitive aid teaching on the Advanced Cardiac Life Support course.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-07
• Study First Submitted: 2012-07-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-07-19
• Study First Posted: 2012-07-20
• Primary Completion: 2016-10-31
• Study Completion: 2017-01-31
• Status Verified: 2017-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-04-26
• Last Update Posted: 2017-04-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

• Post-graduate Medical trainee in departments of Anesthesia, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine
• Has taken ACLS Course at least once

Exclusion Criteria

• Never taken ACLS Course

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control Group	Standard Simulation Based ACLS Refresher Teaching	This group gets a simulation based ACLS refresher as treatment, but no access to cognitive aids for any of the tests.
2nd Control Group	Standard Simulation Based ACLS Refresher Teaching	This group receives a standard Simulation based ACLS refresher as the intervention, like the control group. No mention is made of Cognitive Aids in the teaching, but they are available during the post-test and retention post-test.
Cognitive Aid Group	Cognitive Aid based ACLS Refresher training	This group receives Cognitive Aid based teaching as the intervention. They also have access to cognitive aids for post-test and retention post-test

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ACLS Megacode Examination Scale Score	6 months	Simulated scenarios will be videotaped. These will be scored according to the ACLS megacode testing checklist by trained video raters

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anesthesia Non-Technical Skills Scale (ANTS)	6 Months	Simulated Scenarios will be videotaped. Videos will be scored by trained raters according to the validated Anesthesia Nontechnical Skills Scale.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The Ottawa Hospital; 🇨🇦 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada