Comparison of Textbook Versus 3D Animation Versus Cadaveric Training Video in Teaching Laparoscopic Rectal Surgery

Comparison of Textbook Versus 3D Animation Versus Cadaveric Training Video in Teaching Laparoscopic Rectal Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial From Tertiary Care Center

Digital 3D animation and cadaveric videos have been increasingly used in surgical education and provide tremendous opportunity to develop new surgical educational tools, particularly during this Coronavirus-19 pandemic period.

This prospective, randomized, blinded study is designed to compare the educational effectiveness of various educational tools including the surgical textbook, animation, and cadaveric videos in laparoscopic rectal surgery among board-certificated surgeons. Initially, an electronic questionnaire assessing the knowledge about laparoscopic rectal surgery will be created and validated by the board-certificated colorectal surgeons. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses will be utilized to test the structure validity of the questionnaire. After the questionnaire will be sent to the graduates completing the general surgery residency program in Turkey, the volunteers will be then randomized into four groups based on the study material including a textbook, 3D animation, cadaveric video, and both 3D animation + cadaveric video. A step-by-step educational 3D animation and a cadaveric video will be prepared in order to teach the technical steps of laparoscopic rectal surgery. Volunteers in four groups were given 2 weeks to review their educational material. After the 2-weeks of the study period, the volunteers will be asked to answers the same electronic questionnaire imported in the edited live laparoscopic rectal surgery. Pre- and post-educational assessment of the questionnaire among the groups will be performed and compared.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Educational Problems
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: to compare the educational effectiveness of various educational tools

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 120
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Mehmet Ayhan Kuzu, MD, PhD; Phone Number: +09005307313770; Email: Mehmet.Ayhan.Kuzu@ankara.edu.tr
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Cigdem Benlice; Phone Number: +09005307313770; Email: cigdembenlice@gmail.com

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Ankara, Turkey
    • Recruiting
    • Ankara University
    • Contact: Mehmet Ayhan Kuzu, MD, PhD

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• General surgeon who graduated at least 5 years ago from the residency
• General surgeon who is proficient to perform open rectal surgery
• General surgeon who was scrubbed in/assisted for laparoscopic rectal surgery
• General surgeon who is not able to perform laparoscopic rectal surgery by itself

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

4

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Surgical textbook; Volunteers in four groups were given 4 weeks to review their educational material at least two times. For this group, this will be a textbook chapter explaining the details for laparoscopic rectal surgery.	Other: to compare the educational effectiveness of various educational tools; This prospective, randomized, blinded study is designed to compare the educational effectiveness of various educational tools including the surgical textbook, animation, and cadaveric videos in laparoscopic rectal surgery among board-certificated surgeons.
Active Comparator: 3D animation; Volunteers in four groups were given 4 weeks to review their educational material at least two times. For this group, this will be an educational animation video showing laparoscopic rectal surgery.	Other: to compare the educational effectiveness of various educational tools; This prospective, randomized, blinded study is designed to compare the educational effectiveness of various educational tools including the surgical textbook, animation, and cadaveric videos in laparoscopic rectal surgery among board-certificated surgeons.
Active Comparator: Cadaveric video; Volunteers in four groups were given 4 weeks to review their educational material at least two times. For this group, this will be an educational cadaveric dissection video showing laparoscopic rectal surgery.	Other: to compare the educational effectiveness of various educational tools; This prospective, randomized, blinded study is designed to compare the educational effectiveness of various educational tools including the surgical textbook, animation, and cadaveric videos in laparoscopic rectal surgery among board-certificated surgeons.
Active Comparator: Both 3D animation + cadaveric video; Volunteers in four groups were given 4 weeks to review their educational material at least two times. For this group, this will be both animation and educational cadaveric dissection video showing laparoscopic rectal surgery.	Other: to compare the educational effectiveness of various educational tools; This prospective, randomized, blinded study is designed to compare the educational effectiveness of various educational tools including the surgical textbook, animation, and cadaveric videos in laparoscopic rectal surgery among board-certificated surgeons.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Comparison of rectal cancer assessment scores among the groups before and after the education	Rectal cancer questionnaire that assesses the knowledge about laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery. We are expecting to see improved post-educational scores (higher than 20- mean value) (rectal cancer educational questionnaire) compared to the pre-educational scores. Higher than 20 is improved and better outcomes Range: 15-25	3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ankara University
• Investigators: Study Director: Cigdem Benlice, Ankara University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): June 1, 2021
• Study Completion (Anticipated): June 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 18, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 24, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): January 28, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 23, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 20, 2021
• Last Verified: February 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: I3-73-19

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No