Effectiveness of a Primary Care Clinical Ultrasound Classroom

NCT04283383 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: GRS 1824 B 18
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Introduction: Clinical ultrasound is a technique that increases diagnostic capacity and facilitates clinical decision making. The objective is to develop and validate an ultrasound training methodology oriented to the clinical practice of the family doctor. Methods: quasi-experimental study, with before / after design, with a control group and one year of follow-up. 20 family doctors working in primary care Health Centers and with a list of patients over 800 will be included and a control group of similar characteristics will be selected, in terms of age, gender and patient list. A structured training process oriented to the clinical practice of the family physician, Primary Care Clinical Ultrasound Classroom (AECAP) will be carried out, and the improvement of knowledge and skills will be evaluated, as well as the improvement of quality of care based on clinical indicators. Discussion: The Family Physician is in a privileged situation to increase the performance of the ultrasound in frequent clinical situations and allows a reduction of the attention times. Investigators hope that the results obtained in this study demonstrate the effectiveness of the structured training method (AECAP) and support the generalization of ultrasound in Primary Health Care.

Conditions

ULTRASONOGRAPHY; PRIMARY CARE

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Evaluation of Knowledge by questionaire

  A knowledge assessment will be carried out, prior to the start of the training intervention consisting of 10 single-type test questions

  1 year

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Evaluation of outcome in clinical practice.

  1 year

Study Arms (2)

Intervention training

EXPERIMENTAL

A structured training process oriented to the clinical practice of the family physician, Primary Care Clinical Ultrasound Classroom (AECAP) will be carried out, and the improvement of knowledge and skills will be evaluated, as well as the improvement of quality of care based on clinical indicators.

Other: Primary Care Clinical Ultrasound Classroom (AECAP)

control

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

Primary Care Clinical Ultrasound Classroom (AECAP) OTHER

A structured training process oriented to the clinical practice of the family physician, Primary Care Clinical Ultrasound Classroom (AECAP) will be carried out,

Intervention training

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Physicians should work in a Spanish primary health care center with ultrasound,
• \- They must have a list of patients over 800.
• \- They must lack prior training in clinical ultrasound.
• \- They must sign a commitment of assistance and participation in the AECAP

You may not qualify if:

• No ultrasound availability

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Fundacion para la Investigacion y Formacion en Ciencias de la Salud: lead

Study Sites (1)

Primary Care Research Unit of Salamanca

Salamanca, 37006, Spain

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Diego-Dominguez F, Torrecilla-Garcia M, Casado-Huerga J, Paule-Sanchez MA, Soria-Lopez CI, Iglesias-Clemente JM, de Dios-Hernandez JM, Diego-Mangas N, Cubillo-Jimenez M, Perez-Escanilla F. Effectiveness of a primary care clinical ultrasound classroom for family physicians as a formative intervention system, a quasi-experimental trial: Study protocol. Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Jul 2;99(27):e19914. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000019914.

  PMID: 32629625 DERIVED

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: quasi-experimental study,

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 20, 2020
• First Posted: February 25, 2020
• Study Start: January 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2020
• Study Completion: November 30, 2021
• Last Updated: December 2, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-11

Locations

ES (1)