Non-technical Skills Training and Checklists Versus Standard Training With Checklists for Prevention of Medical Error

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Medical Emergencies

• Registration Number: NCT04621682
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad de Antioquia

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to reduce medical error by omitting management steps in medical crises. The Interventions will be: training in non-technical skills and checklists versus Control: standard training with checklists

Detailed Description

56 participants will be searched for simulation training, randomly assigned in assignment 1 to 1, the follow-up will be 10 days, the primary outcome will be Proportion of omissions of treatment steps per group, and secondary outcomes will be sought. Crisis resolution time, detection time. and discrimination from the crisis Global score of non-technical skills, Discriminated score between dimensions of non-technical skills, Student satisfaction and Incidence of inadequate crisis management.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-06-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-11-03
• Study First Posted: 2020-11-09
• Study Start: 2021-03-20
• Primary Completion: 2021-07-18
• Study Completion: 2021-08-01
• Status Verified: 2022-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-03-05
• Last Update Posted: 2022-03-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 86

Inclusion Criteria

• over 18 years old.
• Final semester student of medicine at the University of Antioquia.
• Have passed the theoretical knowledge exam for handling crisis events with a score of 100%.
• On-site availability on training days

Exclusion Criteria

• Having received training in a specific crisis resource management course.
• Refusing to participate

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Medical error	3 days after finishing the training	Proportion of omission of treatment steps over the total number of steps per group.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Incidence of improper handling	3 days after finishing the training	relative risk
Overall score on non-technical skills scale Ottawa	3 days after finishing the training	Mean interval difference per group between 1 to 45; Brief Name: Ottawa Global Rating Scale (GRS) Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 45 Higher scores mean a better outcome
Time in detection and discrimination of the crisis	3 days after finishing the training	Mean interval difference per group
score for each non-technical skill category on the ottawa scale	3 days after finishing the training	Mean interval difference per group between 1 to 7; Brief Name: Ottawa Global Rating Scale (GRS)/ For Category Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 7 Higher scores mean a better outcome
Student understanding of strategies	10 days after finishig the primary outcome	qualitative analysis with grounded theory after conducting semi-structured interviews
Crisis resolution time	3 days after finishing the training	Mean interval difference per group

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mario Andres Zamudio; 🇨🇴 Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia