HFS in the Assessement and Management of Severe Asthma Attack Among Fifth Year Medical School Students

NCT02776358 | Completed Phase 1

• 1 other identifier: SimAG
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 33
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Bedside clinical case learning, such for respiratory distress, represent a challenge for medical teachers, especially in critical conditions. In fact, this kind of learning implicate the presence of an appropriate case (the patient itself), framework and may be time consuming which could compromise the patient's safety and wellbeing. New pedagogic tools have emerged to strengthen the medical reasoning and the acquisition of knowledge. in recent years, the development of medical simulation has found a growing interest in the medical teaching field. Contextualization, reproducibility and reliability are the characteristics of high-fidelity simulation (HFS) which guarantee a lifetime experience of clinical conditions without putting at risk patient's safety and comfort. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of HFS on fifth year medical students learning skills in the assessement and management of an acute asthma attack in the emergency room, and to compares it to other modern teaching tools such as "video-case"

Conditions

Asthma

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Difference between the pre and the post-test scores in each group (delta Score)

  The difference between the pre and the post-test scores is calculated as follow: delta score = post-test score - pre-test score

  Just before the teaching course (baseline) and one hour later

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Late performance score

  7 days after the teaching course

• Level of satisfaction

  one hour after the teaching course

Study Arms (2)

High Fidelity Simulation

EXPERIMENTAL

Students will receive a 1 hour High fidelity simulation session

Other: High Fidelity Simulation

Video Case

EXPERIMENTAL

Students will receive a 1 hour assisted Video Case learning session

Other: Video case

Interventions

High Fidelity Simulation OTHER

A HFS session for an asthma attack require: * a 5 minutes briefing session: case and equipments presentation and choice of participants * 15 minutes of actual simulation * 40 minutes of debriefing A pre and a post test will be taken by the students before and after the session and a satisfaction questionnaire at the end of the course. Also, another test will be done after 7 days of the course.

High Fidelity Simulation

Video case OTHER

a video case (or video box) session in which students will attend a video-projection of a real case of an asthma attack and discuss with the trainer the different steps of the assessement and management of an asthma attack. A pre and a post test will be taken by the students before and after the session and a satisfaction questionnaire at the end of the course. Also, another test will be done after 7 days of the course.

Video Case

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• all fifth year medical students allocated to the one month internship period in the emergency departement.

You may not qualify if:

• students refusing to participate in the protocol.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Monastir: lead

Study Sites (1)

university of Monastir

Monastir, Monastir Governorate, 5000, Tunisia

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Grissa MH, Dhaoui R, Bel Haj Ali K, Sekma A, Toumia M, Sassi S, Sakly AK, Zorgati A, Bouraoui H, Ben Soltane H, Mezgar Z, Boukef R, Boubaker H, Bouida W, Beltaief K, Nouira S. Comparison of simulation and video-based training for acute asthma. BMC Med Educ. 2023 Nov 16;23(1):873. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04836-7.

  PMID: 37974223 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Asthma

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Bronchial Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Hypersensitivity; Hypersensitivity, Immediate; Hypersensitivity; Immune System Diseases

Study Officials

• Mohamed habib Grissa, MD

  Emergency Department , university hospital of Monastir, TUNISIA

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Nouira Semir, Professor

  Emergency Department , university hospital of Monastir, TUNISIA

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Clinical Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 4, 2016
• First Posted: May 18, 2016
• Study Start: September 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2015
• Study Completion: May 1, 2015
• Last Updated: May 18, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-05

Locations

TU (1)