Development of Laparoscopic Skills in Medical Students - What Makes the Difference?

NCT03984292 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 172008SUR
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Learning is a complex process and influenced by a number of factors including the innate ability of the trainee, previous experiences (e.g. video game skills, music instrument skills), learning style and the overall learning environment. Understanding of the learning process and factors influencing the learning shall help develop and plan an effective curriculum for the trainees. The investigators plan to use medical students as a part of the study since they have little or no prior knowledge or experience of laparoscopic skills. If any factors are identified, the investigators can help guide the participants for future training as well as develop a comprehensive curriculum for the current surgical trainees. The primary objective of the study is to determine if acquisition and retention of laparoscopic skills in medical students is superior with multiple training sessions as compared to a single training session of the similar duration.

Conditions

Clinical Skills

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Clinical Skills

  Clinical skills of students shall be assessed by using the GOALS (global operative assessment of laparoscopic skills) scale for assessment of clinical skills in laparoscopy. This is a validated tool and has 5 parameters assessed on a Likert scale of 1 to 5. Higher the score, better the value.

  1 year

Study Arms (2)

Mass Learning

EXPERIMENTAL

Single teaching session of 3 hours shall be provided

Procedure: Teaching of laparoscopic skills on a box simulator

Distributed Learning

EXPERIMENTAL

Three teaching sessions of 1 hour each shall be provided.

Procedure: Teaching of laparoscopic skills on a box simulator

Interventions

Teaching of laparoscopic skills on a box simulator PROCEDURE

The students shall be trained a laparoscopic simulator for a variable duration and the outcome shall be compared.

Distributed Learning; Mass Learning

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Medical students of years 2, 3 and 4 with interest in laparoscopic surgery skills who volunteer to participate in the study

You may not qualify if:

• The students who refuse to participate in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Aga Khan University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Aga Khan University

Karachi, Sindh, 74800, Pakistan

Location

Study Officials

• Muhammad Rizwan Khan

  Aga Khan University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: The outcome assessor shall not be aware of the type of training which has been given to the students.
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor of Surgery

Model Details: The students will be randomly distributed into two groups by using pre-designed envelopes: Group I: Single teaching session of 3 hours at single encounter Group II: 3 teaching sessions of 1 hour each over a period of 3 weeks The study will be open to all the year 2, 3 and 4 medical students of Aga Khan University Medical College and recruitment shall be done on first come-first serve basis.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 26, 2019
• First Posted: June 12, 2019
• Study Start: February 7, 2019
• Primary Completion: February 28, 2020
• Study Completion: February 28, 2020
• Last Updated: July 24, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PA (1)