Assessment of an Orthopedic Surgery Rotation on Musculoskeletal Competency in Emergency Medicine Residency Training

• Conditions: Educational Problems; Orthopedic Disorder; Emergencies
• Interventions: Other: Education Curriculum

• Registration Number: NCT03944746
• Lead Sponsor: Jared L. Cohen

Brief Summary

Patient commonly present with orthopedic injuries in the emergency department. Musculoskeletal education has not historically been emphasized in American medical schools, and the effectiveness of an orthopedic surgery rotation has not been well studied in emergency medicine (EM) training. Competency in musculoskeletal education has been tested previously with a validated instrument, the basic competency exam (BCE), to assess baseline knowledge in primary care and emergency physicians.

Residents from 2 different EM residency training programs will be given the BCE to determine baseline musculoskeletal knowledge prior to their orthopedic surgery rotations. A post-test BCE will be given to the residents from both EM training programs upon completion of their orthopedic surgery rotation and compared.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-11-13
• Status Verified: 2019-05
• Study First Submitted: 2019-05-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-05-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-05-08
• Study First Posted: 2019-05-09
• Last Update Posted: 2019-05-09
• Primary Completion: 2021-06-30
• Study Completion: 2021-06-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

• Emergency Medicine Residents at either San Antonio Military Medical Center or University Hospital

Exclusion Criteria

• Not emergency medicine residents at the inclusion sites.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
SAMMC Emergency Medicine Residents	Education Curriculum	Emergency Medicine Residents from San Antonio Military Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.
University Hospital Emergency Medicine Residents	Education Curriculum	Emergency Medicine Residents from University Hospital in San Antonio, Texas.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in performance on the orthopedic basic competency exam	Assessed initially by taking the exam before completing a one month orthopedic rotation. The same exam is taken at the completion of the orthopedic rotation. The two test results are compared to each other between each individual and residency program.	The orthopedic basic competency exam is a validated scoring system meant to assess the learner's ability to evaluate both emergent and common orthopedic pathology. It is a 25 question test, and the test-taker will receive a score between 0 and 25.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

San Antonio Military Medical Center; 🇺🇸 San Antonio, Texas, United States