Simulation-Based Learning on Clinical Reasoning, Knowledge Retention, and Transfer in Undergraduate Medical Education (SIMCORE)
Does Video-Based Patient Simulation Improve Clinical Reasoning Skills in Medical Students?
This randomized controlled trial evaluates whether a digital, video-based clinical-reasoning simulation improves clinical-reasoning performance compared with conventional lecture-based teaching across multiple clinical disciplines, including orthopedics and ophthalmology.
Within each discipline, participants are randomly allocated 1:1 to an intervention group or a control group. The intervention group learns the assigned topic through an interactive, web-based simulation built on real patient video cases with structured clinical-reasoning steps. The control group receives the same learning objectives and content through a standard didactic lecture, over a comparable duration.
After the learning session, all participants complete the same set of standardized clinical scenarios, scored with a predefined rubric. The primary outcome is the post-intervention clinical-reasoning score. Secondary outcomes include diagnostic accuracy, confidence, and satisfaction.
The trial uses a shared protocol across discipline-specific cohorts to allow consistent, pre-specified comparison of simulation-based versus lecture-based instruction.
Studienübersicht
Status
Status
Bedingungen
Bedingungen
Intervention / Behandlung
Intervention / Behandlung
Detaillierte Beschreibung
Background. Clinical reasoning is a core competency across medical disciplines, yet traditional lectures offer limited interactive practice. A digital simulation using authentic patient cases may strengthen reasoning, but comparative evidence is limited.
Objective. To compare a digital, video-based clinical-reasoning simulation with conventional lecture-based teaching on clinical-reasoning performance, using a single shared design applied across discipline-specific cohorts (e.g., orthopedics, ophthalmology, paediatrics).
Design. Single-center, parallel-group, two-arm randomized controlled trial with 1:1 allocation, replicated as pre-specified cohorts by clinical discipline under one common protocol.
Participants. Eligible learners (medical students / residents) within each discipline-specific cohort at primarily Altinbas University.
Randomization. Computer-generated 1:1 randomization performed separately within each cohort; outcome assessors blinded to allocation.
Interventions. Intervention - interactive, web-based clinical-reasoning simulation using real patient video cases with structured reasoning steps. Control - didactic lecture delivering identical learning objectives and content over a comparable duration.
Outcomes. Primary - post-intervention clinical-reasoning score on standardized scenarios rated with a predefined rubric. Secondary - diagnostic accuracy, participant confidence, satisfaction.
Cohorts & analysis. Each discipline-specific cohort is analyzed separately with an independent-samples t-test; inter-rater reliability assessed where applicable. Total target enrollment (n=250) across all cohorts.
Studientyp
Studientyp
Einschreibung (Tatsächlich)
Einschreibung
Phase
Phase
- Unzutreffend
Kontakte und Standorte
Studienorte
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Istanbul, Türkei (türkiye)
- Altinbas University MP Hospital
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Teilnahmekriterien
Zulassungskriterien
Zulassungskriterien
Studienberechtigtes Alter
- Erwachsene
- Älterer Erwachsener
Akzeptiert gesunde Freiwillige
Beschreibung
Inclusion Criteria:
- Enrolled as a [final-year medical student / resident] in the relevant discipline (orthopedics or ophthalmology) at the participating institution
- Completed the baseline orientation and agreed to participate
- Available for the full learning session and the post-session assessment
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior completion of the same simulation module or equivalent structured training on the topic
- Did not complete the assigned learning session
- Incomplete post-session assessment data
Studienplan
Wie ist die Studie aufgebaut?
Designdetails
- Hauptzweck: Sonstiges
- Zuteilung: Zufällig
- Interventionsmodell: Parallele Zuordnung
- Maskierung: Single
Anzahl der Arme
Waffen und Interventionen
Teilnehmergruppe / ArmTeilnehmergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / BehandlungIntervention / Behandlung |
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Experimental: Simulation
Interactive, web-based clinical-reasoning simulation built on real patient video cases.
Learners actively work through structured decision points (history, examination, differential diagnosis, investigation, management) and receive immediate feedback.
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Interactive, web-based clinical-reasoning simulation built on real patient video cases.
Learners actively work through structured decision points (history, examination, differential diagnosis, investigation, management) and receive immediate feedback.
Andere Namen:
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Aktiver Komparator: Lecture
Instructor-led didactic lecture delivering identical learning objectives through expert explanation and slides.
Learners receive content passively, without interactive decision steps or video-based case progression.
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Instructor-led didactic lecture delivering identical learning objectives through expert explanation and slides.
Learners receive content passively, without interactive decision steps or video-based case progression.
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Was misst die Studie?
Primäre Ergebnismessungen
Primäre Ergebnismessungen
Ergebnis Maßnahme |
Maßnahmenbeschreibung |
Zeitfenster |
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Clinical-reasoning performance score
Zeitfenster: Immediately after the learning session (same day)
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Performance on a set of standardized clinical scenarios completed after the learning session, rated with a predefined scoring rubric.
Higher scores indicate better clinical-reasoning performance.
Assessed separately within each discipline-specific cohort.
Scored using the five-domain Clinical Reasoning Score System; total range 0-100, with higher scores indicating better clinical-reasoning performance.
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Immediately after the learning session (same day)
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Sekundäre Ergebnismessungen
Sekundäre Ergebnismessungen
Ergebnis Maßnahme |
Maßnahmenbeschreibung |
Zeitfenster |
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Diagnostic accuracy
Zeitfenster: Immediately after the learning session (same day)
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Proportion of standardized scenarios in which the participant reached the correct diagnosis, scored against a predefined answer key.
Reported as the percentage of scenarios with a correct diagnosis (0-100%); higher values indicate better performance.
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Immediately after the learning session (same day)
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Participant confidence
Zeitfenster: Immediately after the learning session (same day)
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Self-reported confidence in clinical decision-making, measured on a structured rating scale after the session.
Measured on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree); higher scores indicate greater confidence.
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Immediately after the learning session (same day)
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Participant satisfaction
Zeitfenster: Immediately after the learning session (same day)
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Self-reported satisfaction with the learning method, measured on a structured rating scale after the session.
Measured on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree); higher scores indicate greater satisfaction.
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Immediately after the learning session (same day)
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Mitarbeiter und Ermittler
Sponsor
Sponsor
Ermittler
Ermittler
- Studienstuhl: Omer Tontus, MD
Studienaufzeichnungsdaten
Haupttermine studieren
Studienbeginn (Tatsächlich)
Studienbeginn
Primärer Abschluss (Tatsächlich)
Primärer Abschluss
Studienabschluss (Tatsächlich)
Studienabschluss
Studienanmeldedaten
Zuerst eingereicht
Zuerst eingereicht
Zuerst eingereicht, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt hat
Zuerst eingereicht, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt hat
Zuerst gepostet (Tatsächlich)
Zuerst gepostet
Studienaufzeichnungsaktualisierungen
Letztes Update gepostet (Tatsächlich)
Letztes Update gepostet
Letztes eingereichtes Update, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt
Letztes eingereichtes Update, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt
Zuletzt verifiziert
Zuletzt verifiziert
Mehr Informationen
Begriffe im Zusammenhang mit dieser Studie
Schlüsselwörter
Andere Studien-ID-Nummern
Andere Studien-ID-Nummern
- Altinbas
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