Evaluation of an Online Application for Point of Care Ultrasound Training in General Internal Medicine Residents
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 56
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change from baseline in POCUS skills
研究概览
简要总结
This study compares Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) training in two hospitals, one that uses an online application for supervision and one that does not use the application. The goal of this trial is to learn if POCUS supervision using the online application is associated with improved POCUS skills in residents in General Internal Medicine (GIM). The main question it aims to answer is:
- Do POCUS skills improve more during 6 months in GIM residents supervised using the application than in GIM residents who do not use the application?
Further questions the study aims to answer are:
- Do residents using the application perform more POCUS exams during 6 months than residents not using the application?
- Are residents using the application more satisfied with their POCUS training than residents not using the application?
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •General Internal Medicine resident employed at one of the study sites for at least 2 months
- •Probably or definitely interested in achieving POCUS certification (mandatory for the General Internal Medicine specialisation in Switzerland)
- •Basic ultrasound course completed (Basic course Abdominal ultrasound or Emergency ultrasound)
- •Will spend at least 3 months within a rotation where POCUS training is offered during the 6 months after baseline assessment
排除标准
- •Definitely or probably not interested in achieving POCUS certification
- •Has already performed more than 80 supervised and more than 160 total POCUS exams
- •Will end employment at the study site less than 7 months after baseline assessment
研究组 & 干预措施
POCUS supervision using application
This group is supervised using the online application.
Usual POCUS supervision
This group receives usual POCUS supervision, without using the application.
结局指标
主要结局
Change from baseline in POCUS skills
时间窗: Post-test 6 months (+/- 2 weeks) from pre-test
POCUS skills will be evaluated on healthy volunteers by video-recorded OSCE
次要结局
- Number of POCUS exams performed(During 6 months after baseline assessment (pre-test))
- Number of supervised POCUS exams performed(During 6 months after baseline assessment (pre-test))
- Number of directly supervised POCUS exams performed(During 6 months after baseline assessment (pre-test))
- Change in satisfaction and engagement with POCUS training(Follow-up assessment 6 months (+/- 2 weeks) after baseline assessment)
- Change in self-assessed POCUS competency(Follow-up assessment 6 months (+/- 2 weeks) after baseline assessment)
研究者
Tudor Cosma
Principal Investigator
Kantonsspital Baden