Add-on Video-based Training on Mental Status Examination Skills

NCT05795387 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: VV_RCT
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 290
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical triall is to investigate the training effect of access to authentic patient video on mental status examination performance among 5th year Danish medical students. Aim: To investigate if

• Students with add-on access to an authentic patient video e-library have improved Mental Status Examination precision compared to students that only have an add-on e-library with simulated patient videos.
• Number of videos watched correlate to mental status examination test scores.

Conditions

Medical Education

Keywords

e-learning; psychopathology; mental status examination

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Mental status exam skills test

  The test consists of three subtests each consisting of a video vignette, not accessible in the library (i.e. none of the students had seen it previously) with a forced choice test (FCT). This results in a scoring range of -15 to + 15 points per FCT. The MSE-skills test score consists of the student's average score of the three FCTs.

  A week after the intervention

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• MSE skill test score stratification

  Baseline

• General evaluation of the clinical rotation

  Immediately after the intervention

• Questions concerning use of the video e-library

  Immediately after the intervention

Study Arms (2)

Experimental Add-on Intervention - Video-based self-regulated training

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention consist of access to the video e-library on their e-learning platform. The video e-library consists of 23 videos of brief patient interviews, mostly with inpatients, with adjoining MSE written by three faculty psychiatrists. Selected videos are used for demonstration of phenomena, and five videos will have audio explanation of the resulting MSE. As well as the authentic patient videos on the e-library there are some pages with written theoretical instructions on the MSE, a brief animated movie and some simulated videos by an actor all regarding the MSE.

Other: Video-based self-regulated training on the mental status exam

Non-video group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

For the present trial, also the NV students will receive the same non-authentic patient material I.E written theoretical instructions on the MSE, a brief animated movie and some simulated videos by an actor all regarding the MSE. Ensuring it is the authentic patient video e-library and not the theoretical information responsible for the expected difference in scores.

Other: E-course with written material on the mental status exam

Interventions

Video-based self-regulated training on the mental status exam OTHER

Authentic patient videos for self-regulated training as well as written e-course material, both on the mental status exam

Experimental Add-on Intervention - Video-based self-regulated training

E-course with written material on the mental status exam OTHER

Written material on the mental status exam

Non-video group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Consent
• th year medical student at the University of Copenhagen on the psychiatric clinical rotation

You may not qualify if:

• Previous acess to the video library.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Psychiatric Research Unit, Region Zealand, Denmark: lead
• University of Copenhagen: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

Mental Health Service Capital Region

Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark

Location

Mental Health Service Region Zealand

Slagelse, 4200, Denmark

Location

Study Officials

• Sidse M Arnfred, Professor

  Research Unit Psychotherapy and Psychopathology Psychiatry West

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Esben B Schäfer, MD

  Research Unit Psychotherapy and Psychopathology Psychiatry West

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: As mentioned, it will not be possible to mask students or local lecturers to allocation group. PI receives the clerkship student enrolment list from the faculty, randomize at clerkship location level and merge it with the consent lists collected digitally in SurveyXact. The students that have consented to participation receives individual invitation to the designated e-module. The instructor carrying out the digital mental status examination test, has no information of arm allocation. Statistical analysis will be performed by researcher blind to arm allocation, and masking will only be broken when the primary outcomes have been analyzed and a conclusion has been formulated based on the masked allocations.
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: A parallel group, superiority, partial-blinded, cluster-randomized controlled trial where both interventions are an addition to the regular psychiatric clerkship.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 3, 2023
• First Posted: April 3, 2023
• Study Start: January 31, 2021
• Primary Completion: March 7, 2023
• Study Completion: March 7, 2023
• Last Updated: April 3, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DK (2)