Consenso2_F1 Delphi Consensus Study on Post-graduate Medical Education Success and Failure and Its Influencing Factors

Definitions of Success and Failure in Post-graduate Medical Education and Its Influencing Factors: A Delphi Consensus Study

The objective of this study is to generate expert consensus statements on the definitions of success and failure and its influencing factors in Post-graduate medical education.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Medical Education

Detailed Description

A study will be performed using a e-Delphi process with Portuguese expert panel to generate recommendation statements related to the definitions of success and failure in Post-graduate medical education and its influencing factors and to determine the level of agreement for each statement from the panel as a whole. The following topics will be covered:

1. Success in Post-graduate medical education: definition, influencing factors
2. Failure in Post-graduate medical education: definition, influencing factors
3. Management Consensus is achieved through iterative rounds of survey and revision to the statements until a pre-determined level of agreement is met (75% agreement).

Part 1: planning and evidence review

• Series of planning sessions with study investigators
• Literature is reviewed/summarized
• Initial statements will be developed based on Round 1 results. Round 1 will be composed of 4 open-ended questions

Part 2: Survey to achieve consensus

• Survey, based on the initial statements developed on Round 1 results
• At least 2 additional rounds of review (remote rounds using an online platform) will be held to achieve consensus on each topic of interest and finalize consensus statements

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 45

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Portugal
  • Lisboa, Portugal, 1700-063
    • Conselho Nacional do Internato Médico

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Experts in Post-graduate medical education

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• residency programs directors,
• members of the medical residents representing committee,
• members of patients representing associations,
• members of health institutions management teams,
• members of Portuguese Medical Association,
• authors of relevant scientific articles on medical education

Exclusion Criteria:

• Panelists who are not able to commit to all rounds of the modified Delphi process will be excluded.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Other
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort

Delphi panel; The Delphi panel will include 30 Portuguese experts in post-graduate medical education. The expert panel will include participants from the residency programs directors' coordination group, from the medical residents representing committee, from patients representing associations, from health institutions management teams, from the Portuguese Medical Association and also authors of relevant scientific articles on medical education. Study participants will be required to answer the questions of 3 questionnaires included in each of the 3 rounds of the study.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Consensus	The level of agreement for all statements achieving consensus from the expert panel consensus is predefined as ≥ 75% of the panel rating a given statement 4 or 5 value according to a Likert scale.	5 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga
• Collaborators: Conselho Nacional do Internato Médico

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• Research project website

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): September 23, 2021
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): February 28, 2022
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): March 31, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 5, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 5, 2021
• First Posted (ACTUAL): October 18, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE): February 9, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 8, 2023
• Last Verified: February 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Consenso2_Fase1

Drug and device information, study documents

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