Gender Stigma Consciousness and Surgical Training

NCT03623009 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: PRO18040386
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 85
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Previous investigations have focused on challenges that surgeons face once they have entered into practice. We have yet to explore difficulties in the training environment, and whether these have an effect on professional development. In this study, we investigate how certain environmental factors can affect skill acquisition for the resident surgeon. Our trial tests whether psychosocial constructs affect task-performance. This study is a multi-center endeavor with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, the University of Washington, and UPMC. Over an 12 month period, residents will be asked to complete surveys and a laparoscopic skills assessment, which will be administered after residents are randomized to an intervention or control arm. The intervention arm will be asked to read an article that is meant to trigger psychosocial constructs that we hypothesize will affect skill performance. The control arm will receive a neutral article prior to completing the laparoscopic skills assessment.

Conditions

Gender Issues

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Score on laparoscopic skills assessment

  Score (continuous outcome) based on verified fundamentals of laparoscopic skills assessment grading rubric.

  12 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Changes in psychosocial constructs

  12 months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

An article meant to trigger certain psychosocial behaviors is administered to the intervention arm prior to laparoscopic skills assessment.

Behavioral: An article meant to trigger certain psychosocial behaviors

Control

SHAM COMPARATOR

The control arm will receive a neutral article prior to completing the assessment.

Behavioral: a neutral article

Interventions

An article meant to trigger certain psychosocial behaviors BEHAVIORAL

An article meant to trigger certain psychosocial behaviors is administered to the intervention arm prior to laparoscopic skills assessment.

Intervention

a neutral article BEHAVIORAL

The control arm will receive a neutral article prior to completing the assessment.

Control

Eligibility Criteria

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Pittsburgh: lead
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: collaborator
• University of Washington: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

UPMC

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15218, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Myers SP, Dasari M, Brown JB, Lumpkin ST, Neal MD, Abebe KZ, Chaumont N, Downs-Canner SM, Flanagan MR, Lee KK, Rosengart MR. Effects of Gender Bias and Stereotypes in Surgical Training: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg. 2020 Jul 1;155(7):552-560. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.1127.

  PMID: 32432669 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sexism

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Prejudice; Social Behavior; Behavior; Social Discrimination

Study Officials

• Sara P Myers, MD

  University of Pittsburgh

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: QUADRUPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: UPMC Resident/Fellow

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 6, 2018
• First Posted: August 9, 2018
• Study Start: August 1, 2018
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2019
• Study Completion: August 1, 2019
• Last Updated: October 3, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-10

Locations

US (1)