TEE Training for Anaesthesiologists

NCT04024982 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: NUS IRB S-17-347
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 43
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to find out the best sequence of teaching and learning events (i.e. first lecture and then simulated training or first simulated training and then lecture) in the acquisition of knowledge on Transoesophageal Echocardiography among trainee and specialist anaesthesiologists.

Conditions

Cardiac

Keywords

Transoesophageal Echocardiography (TEE); Learning

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Knowledge and skill increment between both groups

  After the end of both lecture and simulation session, participants will be asked to demonstrate skill of acquisition of 11 basic views on TEE simulator within stipulated time, and will be scored by 2 independent raters.

  Within an hour of completion of both lecture and simulation sessions.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Demographic variations in knowledge and skill acquisition

  Within an hour of completion of both lecture and simulation sessions.

Study Arms (2)

Lecture followed by Simulation

OTHER

Subjects will undergo the lecture on TEE first followed by the simulation session.

Other: Sequence of teaching (Lecture first followed by Simulation)

Simulation followed by Lecture

OTHER

Subjects will undergo the TEE simulation first followed by the lecture.

Other: Sequence of teaching (Simulation first followed by Lecture)

Interventions

Sequence of teaching (Lecture first followed by Simulation) OTHER

Sequence of teaching (whether lecture or simulation session first) can help to achieve the maximum skill acquisition in TEE.

Lecture followed by Simulation

Sequence of teaching (Simulation first followed by Lecture) OTHER

Sequence of teaching (whether lecture or simulation session first) can help to achieve the maximum skill acquisition in TEE.

Simulation followed by Lecture

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All anaesthesia doctors in Singapore with no prior experience in TEE.

You may not qualify if:

• All anaesthesia doctors in Singapore with prior experience in TEE.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National University of Singapore: lead

Study Sites (1)

National University Health System

Singapore, 119074, Singapore

Location

Study Officials

• Swapna Thampi

  National University Health System

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: The TEE session will consist of a 1-hour lecture and a 2-hour simulation session. Participants for the TEE session are divided into 2 groups. Trainee participants are randomly divided into groups A and B. The specialists are also randomly divided into groups C and D. Groups A and C undergo lecture first then simulation, whereas B and D undergo simulation first then lecture. Prior to the teaching session (lecture or simulation), the participants will take a MCQ pre-test with 30 questions relating to TEE safety, probe manipulation and basic views in TEE. There is no pre-test on technical skill, as all of them are novices to TEE (i.e. with no skill on TEE). A post-test consisting of 30 MCQs (same as pre-test but in a different sequence) and a technical skill test is held at the completion of both lecture and simulation sessions.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 15, 2019
• First Posted: July 18, 2019
• Study Start: February 22, 2018
• Primary Completion: November 17, 2018
• Study Completion: November 17, 2018
• Last Updated: July 18, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SG (1)