Peer- and Self-rating of Open Surgery Skills

NCT02968407 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: H-16031885
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 22
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The study group want to investigate whether doctors, who are in the beginning of their training to become surgeons, can rate themself and their peers using Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills. Participants have participated in a 6 weeks course in basic open surgical skills. At the end of the course the participants will be examined at at videotaped test. The participants will be asked to rate their own video and two videos of other trainees' performances. Ratings will be compared to expert ratings.

Conditions

Surgery

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Differences between the participants' rating score of his/her own performance and the experts' rating score of the participants' performance

  To investigate whether medical doctors are able to rate their own performance in a basic open surgery skill course using a modified OSATS rating scale

  six months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Differences between the participants' rating score of his/her peers performances and experts' rating score of the peers' performances

  six months

• Differences in the correlation of self-rating score and expert rating score between participants who are rated in the upper quartile by experts compared to participants who are rated in the lower quartile by experts

  Six months

• Differences in the correlation of participants' rating scores and experts' rating scores between participants first and second rating of their peers performance.

  six months

Interventions

Peer- and self-rating OTHER

Participants will be given a print and a e-mail of the modified OSATS global rating scale and will be introduced to how the rating scale is used to rate technical performance. The participant will receive a USB stick each allowing the participant to see a video of his/her own performance and two videos from previous post-test performances from participants enrolled in the course. One video is a video of a participant who performed poorly,the other is from a participant who performed well. The participants will be asked to watch and rate the videos of their peers' performance first and afterwards watch and rate the participants own video performance. The investigators choose to let the participants rate their peers' performances before their own, so the participants will have the best opportunities to self-rate. Participants will be asked to email the results of their ratings to the principal investigator within 3 days. And expert in surgery will also rate the videos using OSATS.

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

Setting The participants will follow the basic open surgery skill course as described in the protocol "The effect of group dynamics in surgical skill training". Participants Participants are medical doctors and medical students who completed the study "The effect of group dynamics in surgical skill training" as part of the control group.

You may qualify if:

• Participants are medical doctors and medical students who completed the study "The effect of group dynamics in surgical skill training" as part of the control group.
• The participants must be willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Participants who do not finish the basic open surgery course
• Medical doctors and medical students enrolled in the study "The effect of group dynamics in surgical skill training" that are randomized to dyad training

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation: lead

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Scholar

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 16, 2016
• First Posted: November 18, 2016
• Study Start: November 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2017
• Study Completion: June 1, 2017
• Last Updated: July 26, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: Expected to be published during 2018