Mastery Learning in Communication Skills

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Communication, Personal; Burnout, Professional; Communication Research
• Interventions: Behavioral: Mastery learning in communication skills

• Registration Number: NCT05979090
• Lead Sponsor: Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to determine whether mastery learning in communication skills can improve skills in a simulated environment and have translational improvements in outcomes. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does mastery learning improve skills in the simulation laboratory? 2. Does mastery learning improve clinical skills as seen by milestone performance? and 3 Does mastery learning improve burnout levels? The study is a multi-institutional randomized controlled trial of anesthesiology residents from five different residency programs. Participants will be randomized to mastery training in communication skills and standard of care, which is vicarious learning. Researchers will compare these two groups to see if mastery learning improves skills and translational outcomes.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-01-18
• Study First Submitted: 2023-07-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-07-27
• Study First Posted: 2023-08-07
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-15
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-18
• Primary Completion: 2026-01-01
• Study Completion: 2028-01-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• Anesthesiology residents rotating at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Exclusion Criteria

• Participant refusal
• Study participants who have already undergone the mastery learning in difficult conversations course.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Mastery Learning Group	Mastery learning in communication skills	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Communication skills	one year	Post test checklist skills scores, a 16-item checklist was developed using the modified Delphi technique with possible scores of 0 (lowest) to 16 (highest). All items in the checklist are graded dichotomously and (1 if done correctly and 0 if not done or done incorrectly.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Milestones Performance	two years	The ACGME interpersonal and communication core competency is subdivided into three Anesthesiology Milestones: Patient and Family-centered communication, Interprofessional and Team Communication, and Communication within Health Care Systems. Each milestone is graded on a score of 1 (novice) to 5 (expert) by each residency program's Clinical Competency Committee (CCC).
Burnout levels	1.5 years	The Maslach Burnout Inventory Scale (MBI-9) will be used to estimate the levels of burnout prior to participation in the intervention, immediately after course completion, and at 2 and 6 months after training. The MBI is a measure of job burnout defined by three subscales: emotional exhaustion (EE) (9 items), depersonalization (DP) (5 items), and professional accomplishment (PA) (8 items), each with 7-point Likert-type, frequency response scale (0 = never, 1 = a few times a year or less, 2 = once a month or less, 3 = a few times a month, 4 = once a week, 5 = a few times a week, 6 = every day) \[1, 2\]. Scales are scored such that higher scores indicate more of each construct. Higher scores on the EE and DP subscales indicate a higher burnout symptom burden; lower scores on the PA subscale indicate a higher burnout symptom burden.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Northwestern University Simulation Center; 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States