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Simulation-Based Learning on Clinical Reasoning, Knowledge Retention, and Transfer in Undergraduate Medical Education (SIMCORE)

29 de junio de 2026 actualizado por: Sibel Zorlu Ozturk, Altinbas University

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.

Descripción general del estudio

Estado

Terminado

Condiciones

Intervención / Tratamiento

Descripción detallada

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.

Tipo de estudio

Intervencionista

Inscripción (Actual)

250

Fase

  • No aplica

Contactos y Ubicaciones

Esta sección proporciona los datos de contacto de quienes realizan el estudio e información sobre dónde se lleva a cabo este estudio.

Ubicaciones de estudio

Criterios de participación

Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.

Criterio de elegibilidad

Edades elegibles para estudiar

  • Adulto
  • Adulto Mayor

Acepta Voluntarios Saludables

Sí

Descripción

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

Plan de estudios

Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan de estudio, incluido cómo está diseñado el estudio y qué mide el estudio.

¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?

Detalles de diseño

  • Propósito principal: Otro
  • Asignación: Aleatorizado
  • Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
  • Enmascaramiento: Único

Armas e Intervenciones

Grupo de participantes/brazo
Intervención / Tratamiento
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.
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.
Otros nombres:
  • Digital video-based clinical-reasoning simulation
Comparador activo: 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.
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.

¿Qué mide el estudio?

Medidas de resultado primarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
Clinical-reasoning performance score
Periodo de tiempo: Immediately after the learning session (same day)
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.
Immediately after the learning session (same day)

Medidas de resultado secundarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
Diagnostic accuracy
Periodo de tiempo: Immediately after the learning session (same day)
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.
Immediately after the learning session (same day)
Participant confidence
Periodo de tiempo: Immediately after the learning session (same day)
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.
Immediately after the learning session (same day)
Participant satisfaction
Periodo de tiempo: Immediately after the learning session (same day)
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.
Immediately after the learning session (same day)

Colaboradores e Investigadores

Aquí es donde encontrará personas y organizaciones involucradas en este estudio.

Patrocinador

Investigadores

  • Silla de estudio: Omer Tontus, MD

Fechas de registro del estudio

Estas fechas rastrean el progreso del registro del estudio y los envíos de resultados resumidos a ClinicalTrials.gov. Los registros del estudio y los resultados informados son revisados ​​por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) para asegurarse de que cumplan con los estándares de control de calidad específicos antes de publicarlos en el sitio web público.

Fechas importantes del estudio

Inicio del estudio (Actual)

20 de mayo de 2025

Finalización primaria (Actual)

1 de junio de 2026

Finalización del estudio (Actual)

1 de junio de 2026

Fechas de registro del estudio

Enviado por primera vez

23 de junio de 2026

Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad

29 de junio de 2026

Publicado por primera vez (Actual)

1 de julio de 2026

Actualizaciones de registros de estudio

Última actualización publicada (Actual)

1 de julio de 2026

Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad

29 de junio de 2026

Última verificación

1 de junio de 2026

Más información

Términos relacionados con este estudio

Otros números de identificación del estudio

  • Altinbas

Plan de datos de participantes individuales (IPD)

¿Planea compartir datos de participantes individuales (IPD)?

NO

Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio

Estudia un producto farmacéutico regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.

No

Estudia un producto de dispositivo regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.

No

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