App-guided Training in eFAST Ultrasound

October 26, 2016 updated by: Philip Mørkeberg Nilsson, Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Cost-effectiveness of Mobile App-guided Training in Extended Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma (eFAST): A Randomized Trial

This study aims to investigate the cost-effectiveness of app-based self-directed ultrasound training compared to self-directed training with written handouts on subsequent performance on simulated patient cases and theoretical cases.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

34

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

  • Denmark
    • Capital Region
      • Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark, DK-2100
        • Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation

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

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • First year medical doctor
  • Provided written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior practical ultrasonography experience such as performing independent ultrasonography scans, or participation in any post-graduate ultrasonography courses.

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
No Intervention: Control group
Self-guided training without app-based training (written hand-outs)
Active Comparator: Intervention group
Self-guided training with app-based training
Other: App-based training

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Video recording of ultrasound skills, rated by consultant radiologists.
Time Frame: Ratings are to be completed within three months of performance.
The video-recordings of the technical performances are merged with the ultrasonography screen-recordings to one anonymized video-clip. These combined video-clips are rated with the OSAUS rating by two raters. The OSAUS scale (Objective Structured Assessment of Ultrasound Skills) is used for all performance assessments. The raters are consultant radiologists.
Ratings are to be completed within three months of performance.
Cost-effectiveness of mobile app guided versus textbook guided training
Time Frame: September 2016
September 2016

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Diagnostic accuracy
Time Frame: On site via checklist, evaluated on average one day after performance.
Participants are given five videocases, to assess for eFAST verifiable pathology.
On site via checklist, evaluated on average one day after performance.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Collaborators

University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Philip M Nilsson, Copenhagen Academy of Medical Education and Simulation

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 27, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 3, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

June 5, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 27, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 26, 2016

Last Verified

October 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • H-3-2014-FSP17

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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