Peer-coaching to Teach Faculty Surgeons an Advanced Laparoscopic Skill

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Technical Skill; Coaching; Laparoscopy
• Interventions: Behavioral: peer-coaching; Behavioral: conventional training

• Registration Number: NCT02505724
• Lead Sponsor: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Brief Summary

This single-blinded randomized controlled trial assesses the efficacy of peer-coaching to teach novice surgical faculty an advanced laparoscopic skill.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-07
• Primary Completion: 2015-01
• Study Completion: 2015-01
• Status Verified: 2015-07
• Study First Submitted: 2015-07-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-07-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-07-21
• Study First Posted: 2015-07-22
• Last Update Posted: 2015-07-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 18

Inclusion Criteria

• surgical faculty in the division of general surgery or obstetrics and gynaecology.
• novices in laparoscopic suturing (performed <20 intra-corporeal stiches and knots)

Exclusion Criteria

• n/a

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	peer-coaching	Participants received access to a web-based tutorial for laparoscopic suturing and a box trainer for independent practice. In addition, they received two 1/2 hour peer-coaching sessions
Conventional training	conventional training	Participants received access to a web-based tutorial for laparoscopic suturing and a box trainer for independent practice

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Technical Skill	Two weeks post intervention	Technical skill as measured by the Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skill (OSATS) global rating scale. Participants are scored on 4 domains from 0-5 (respect for tissue, precision of operative technique, economy of movements, confidence of movements). The maximum possible score is 20.