Cardiovascular Fellow-in-training Feedback on Virtual and Simulator-based Learning Experience in A Low to Middle Income Country

July 31, 2021 updated by: Pirbhat Shams, Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan

Cardiovascular Fellow-in-training Feedback on Virtual and Simulator-based Learning Experience During Covid-19 Pandemic in A Low to Middle Income Country

Virtual and simulatorbased learning is not widely available in LMIC. It is imperative to analyze feedback of CV fellow-in-training regarding this mode of learning before large scale implementation.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

COVID-19 pandemic has introduced us to a greater need of virtual learning platforms and has resulted in less clinical exposure for fellows-in-training. Virtual and simulatorbased learning is not widely available in LMIC. It is imperative to analyze feedback of CV fellow-in-training regarding this mode of learning before large scale implementation.

This was an observational study conducted between July-August 2020. A multicentered survey was conducted. Survey questionnaire was disseminated to FIT via Google Forms. The questionnaire contained total of 24 questions about virtual and simulator-based learning during the pandemic.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

68

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

  • Pakistan
    • Outside US And Canada
      • Karachi, Outside US And Canada, Pakistan, 74800
        • Pirbhat Shams

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

  • ADULT
  • OLDER_ADULT
  • CHILD

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All fellow in training who were enrolled in a cardiovascular post graduate training program were invited to fill in GoogleForm survey.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Cardiovascular fellow-in-training currently under training at the institute.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None.

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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Feedback of individual fellow in training on virtual and simulator based learning.
Time Frame: Survey was conducted from august to july 2020. Subjects had two month period to respond.
Fellows responded to survey questions.
Survey was conducted from august to july 2020. Subjects had two month period to respond.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Pirbhat Shams, MBBS, The Aga Khan University Hospital

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 (ACTUAL)

July 1, 2020

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

August 31, 2020

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

August 31, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 28, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 29, 2021

First Posted (ACTUAL)

July 30, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

August 6, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 31, 2021

Last Verified

July 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2020-5030-10817

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

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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