Simulation Training vs Workplace-Based Supervision in Psychiatry

NCT01416727 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 2011/051
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 48
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of two forms of clinical skills training for teaching emergency psychiatry skills to doctors who have just started to work in psychiatry

Conditions

Clinical Skills Training

Keywords

Patient Simulation; Education, Medical, Graduate; Internship and Residency; Psychiatry

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in global clinical skills

  Participants will participate in a single simulated clinical encounter. Encounters will be video-recorded and then rated by observers, who are blind to the allocation status and time point of each video, using a global rating scale.

  Baseline; 4 weeks; 16 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Change in technical clinical skills

  Baseline; 4 weeks; 16 weeks

• Change in attitudes towards teamworking

  Baseline; 4 weeks; 16 weeks

• Change in attitudes towards self-harm

  Baseline; 4 weeks; 16 weeks

• Self-reported views on usefulness and acceptability of the training programmes

  4 weeks

• Qualitative evaluation

  8 - 12 weeks

Study Arms (2)

OSkER

EXPERIMENTAL

"Observed SKills in the Emergency Room" - workplace-based supervision.

Other: Observed SKills in the Emergency Room

EPIC

EXPERIMENTAL

"Emergency Psychiatry Immersion Course" - simulation-based training.

Other: Emergency Psychiatry Immersion Course

Interventions

Emergency Psychiatry Immersion Course OTHER

A two-day simulation-based training course covering assessment of self-harm, capacity, managing aggression, working with the emergency team and medical emergencies in the psychiatric hospital

EPIC

Observed SKills in the Emergency Room OTHER

For four weeks, participants will be accompanied by a senior psychiatric registrar or consultant psychiatrist, who has received training in giving feedback, during their on-call duties. Each participant will receive between 8-12 hours of 1:1 training.

OSkER

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 22 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Junior doctors starting work at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in August 2011 in any of the following grades: 1. Core Psychiatric Training; 2. Foundation Training; 3. General Practice Vocational Training; 4. Core Trainee 1-3 equivalent posts, e.g. long-term locums

You may not qualify if:

• Unwillingness to participate in the study
• Inability to attend the training programme or participate in the evaluation

Sponsors & Collaborators

• King's College London: lead
• Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust: collaborator
• South London and Maudsley Charitable Funds: collaborator
• South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London

London, SE5 9RJ, United Kingdom

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 12, 2011
• First Posted: August 15, 2011
• Study Start: August 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2011
• Study Completion: December 1, 2011
• Last Updated: September 7, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-08

Locations

GB (1)