Peer-coaching to Teach Faculty Surgeons an Advanced Laparoscopic Skill

July 21, 2015 updated by: Vanessa Palter, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
This single-blinded randomized controlled trial assesses the efficacy of peer-coaching to teach novice surgical faculty an advanced laparoscopic skill.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

18

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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:

  • 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 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

  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Conventional training
Participants received access to a web-based tutorial for laparoscopic suturing and a box trainer for independent practice
Behavioral: conventional training
After completing the initial assessment, faculty randomized to the conventional training group received a link to a web-based instructional video. In addition, they were given a laparoscopic box trainer, laparoscopic instruments and sutures that they could use to practice with at their leisure.
Experimental: Intervention
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
Behavioral: peer-coaching
Faculty randomized to the peer-coaching group received ½ hour of peer-coaching after completing the initial assessment on the simulator. Each faculty member sutured on the box trainer while being observed by his or her peer-coach. All study participants had the same peer-coach.After the coaching session, study participants received a link to the web-based video as well as the box trainer and supplies to independently practice laparoscopic suturing. Similar to individuals in the control group, no specific guidance regarding the amount of independent practice was given.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Technical Skill
Time Frame: 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.
Two weeks post intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

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

July 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 20, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 21, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

July 22, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

July 22, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 21, 2015

Last Verified

July 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 305-2013

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