The Effect of Metrics Based Performance Based Progression in Provision of Labor Epidural Analgesia
The Effect of Metrics Based Performance Based Progression in Provision of Labor Epidural Analgesia on Clinical Performance and Clinical Outcome
Procedural skills are an important determinant of clinical outcomes for certain patient groups. Training for procedural skills in the medical profession is still largely based on an apprenticeship model. For example, trainees learning to perform epidural anaesthesia do so by "practicing" on patients under direct supervision by seniors (consultants or senior registrars/residents). Learning a complex and high risk procedural skill on patients is not ideal.
As medical training moves from apprentice based to competency based training along and as for the number of clinical learning opportunities for trainees is less, it is necessary to develop a comprehensive training programme which enables effective and efficient learning without compromising on patient safety. Metrics-based performance based progression has shown to improve clinical performance not only in novices but also in experts.
We envisage a standard methodology which could address the deficiencies in procedural training currently. This would entail development and validation of a set of metrics for a particular procedure, evaluation of a proficiency based progression training programme based on those metrics to and demonstration of improved clinical performance and clinical outcome associated with that programme. Although elements of this "end -end" approach have been demonstrated previously for various procedures, we propose to apply this methodology in its entirety to placement of a lumbar epidural catheter for analgesia for patients in labor. To date we have developed and are validating a set of metrics for this procedure. Proficiency based training leading to better procedural skills leading to better patient outcomes has not been studied so far. Epidural analgesia during labor lends itself as an excellent model for evaluating the whole process. It has a specific procedural skill which is closely linked to patient outcome which is measurable and occurs in finite time interval.
The hypothesis of the study is that in novice anaesthetic trainees, training with metrics based performance based progression in addition to improving the clinical performance will also reduce the failure rates of labor epidural analgesia to 5% when compared to 25% achieved by conventional training.
研究概览
详细说明
This will be a prospective, randomized, double blind control study. Ethical committee approval and consent from both participating anaesthetist and patients will be obtained.
Trainees will be recruited from Cork University Hospital. Anaesthetic trainees with less than 2 years of experience in anaesthesia and who has performed less than 50 epidurals in the preceding 2 years (not limited to labor epidurals) will be requested to participate in the study.
The trainees will be randomized in to group 1 and group 2. In group 1, standardized conventional teaching and training for labor epidural analgesia will be used. In group 2, they will be trained by metrics based simulation to predetermined level of proficiency. Each trainee will then perform 10 labor epidural catheter insertions and the procedures will be video recorded with patients consent.
Observers blinded to the groups will be used for the data collection, outcome assessment and analysis. Failure rate of epidural will be assessed based on the occurrence of one or more of the following events,
- Inadequate analgesia at 45 minutes from start of epidural needle placement.
- Resiting epidural or abandoning the procedure.
- Accidental Dural puncture.
- Supervisor take over. The primary end point of the study is to compare difference in epidural failure rates between the two groups. Secondary end point will include assessment of clinical performance using metrics based assessment by two blinded reviewers based on video recordings and patient satisfaction with epidural analgesia. In addition to demographic data of the patients, duration of labor, cervical dilation at the time of insertion of the catheter, length of catheter inserted, time of insertion of catheter, experience of the operator and position of the patient during epidural placement will be noted. Age, sex and anaesthesia experience of the trainees will also be collected.
The estimated labor epidural failure rates for year 1 trainees is 25%.6 We hope to reduce the failure rate in interventional group to 5%. 48 procedures per group will be sufficient to show a statistically significant difference between the groups with p value of 0.05% and power of 80%. To allow for dropouts, 8 trainees per group will be recruited and each will perform 10 procedures making it a total of 80 procedures per group.
研究类型
注册 (实际的)
阶段
- 不适用
联系人和位置
学习地点
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Cork
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Cork,Ireland、Cork、爱尔兰
- Cork University Hospital
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参与标准
资格标准
适合学习的年龄
接受健康志愿者
有资格学习的性别
描述
Inclusion Criteria:
- Anaesthetic trainees with less than 2 years of experience in anaesthesia and who has performed less than 50 epidurals in the preceding 2 years (not limited to labor epidurals) will be requested to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- No tmeeting inclusion criteria
- Not consenting for study
学习计划
研究是如何设计的？
设计细节
- 主要用途：其他
- 分配：随机化
- 介入模型：并行分配
- 屏蔽：双倍的
武器和干预
参与者组/臂 |
干预/治疗 |
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有源比较器：Group C
Conventional training for epidural catheter placement as per department protocols will be given to the trainees in this arm.
Access to epidural simulator for 2 days will be given.
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Conventional training for epidural catheter placement as per department protocols will be given to the trainees in this arm.
Access to epidural simulator for 2 days will be given.
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实验性的：Group M
Conventional training for epidural catheter placement as per department protocols will be given to the trainees in this arm as well.Trainees in this arm in addition will be subjected to training to proficiency based on the metrics developed for labor epidural catheter placement in a epidural simulator.
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Conventional training for epidural catheter placement as per department protocols will be given to the trainees in this arm as well.Trainees in this arm in addition will be trained to proficience based on the metrics developed for labor epidural catheter placement in a epidural simulator.
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研究衡量的是什么？
主要结果指标
结果测量 |
措施说明 |
大体时间 |
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Epidural failure rate
大体时间：within 48 hours after completion of epidural
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Failure rate of epidural will be assessed based on the occurrence of one or more of the following events,
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within 48 hours after completion of epidural
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次要结果测量
结果测量 |
措施说明 |
大体时间 |
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assessment of clinical performance using metrics based assessment
大体时间：within 36 months after aquiring the video of epidrual catheter insertion procedure
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assessment of clinical performance using metrics based assessment will be done by two blinded reviewers based on video recordings
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within 36 months after aquiring the video of epidrual catheter insertion procedure
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patient satisfaction with epidural analgesia
大体时间：within 48 hours of completion of insertion of labor epidural catheter
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Patient will be asked to rate eidural as (a) satisfied, will want it again (b) Not satisfied - give reason in free text
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within 48 hours of completion of insertion of labor epidural catheter
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合作者和调查者
出版物和有用的链接
研究记录日期
研究主要日期
学习开始
初级完成 (实际的)
研究完成 (实际的)
研究注册日期
首次提交
首先提交符合 QC 标准的
首次发布 (估计)
研究记录更新
最后更新发布 (实际的)
上次提交的符合 QC 标准的更新
最后验证
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