Peer Debriefing Versus Instructor Debriefing for Interprofessional Simulation Based Education (PICS)

November 16, 2015 updated by: Unity Health Toronto

Peer Debriefing Versus Instructor Debriefing for Interprofessional Simulation Based Education (PICS

Crisis management is important for operating room practice and non-technical skills are acknowledged as key to ensure patient safety in these situations. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to find instructors with appropriate experience. A peer-led team debriefing is led by the team it self rather than an external expert instructor but remains a reflective process. Incorporating peer-led debriefing compared to expert-led debriefing may increase access to an interprofessional crisis resource management course using simulation.

The goals of the study are to observe the effect of an interprofessional peer-led team debriefing in the change in performance of non-technical skills of team performance and to compare it with the "gold standard" of expert-led debriefing on the performance of non-technical skills during a simulated operating room crisis.

The investigators hypothesize that interprofessional peer-led debriefing will improve the performance of non-technical skills of the team during simulated intraoperative crisis management and that this improvement will be equivalent to the "gold standard" expert-led debriefing.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

120

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Ontario
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1W8
        • Allan Waters' Family Patient Simulation Centre

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

16 years to 78 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Operating room (OR) nurses from St. Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto Anesthesia and Surgery Residents/Fellows

Exclusion Criteria:

  • OR nurses from other hospitals and Residents/Fellows from other programs

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Expert instructor debriefing
Other: Expert instructor debriefing
Experimental: Peer-led debriefing
Other: Peer-led debriefing

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Performance of non-technical skills of the teams.
Time Frame: 1 year
1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Unity Health Toronto

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 1, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 10, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

February 11, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 17, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 16, 2015

Last Verified

November 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SMH09172

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