Mastery Learning in Communication Skills

NCT05979090 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 20235952
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to determine whether mastery learning in communication skills can improve skills in a simulated environment and have translational improvements in outcomes. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does mastery learning improve skills in the simulation laboratory? 2. Does mastery learning improve clinical skills as seen by milestone performance? and 3 Does mastery learning improve burnout levels? The study is a multi-institutional randomized controlled trial of anesthesiology residents from five different residency programs. Participants will be randomized to mastery training in communication skills and standard of care, which is vicarious learning. Researchers will compare these two groups to see if mastery learning improves skills and translational outcomes.

Conditions

Communication Research; Communication, Personal; Burnout, Professional

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Communication skills

  Post test checklist skills scores, a 16-item checklist was developed using the modified Delphi technique with possible scores of 0 (lowest) to 16 (highest). All items in the checklist are graded dichotomously and (1 if done correctly and 0 if not done or done incorrectly.

  one year

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Milestones Performance

  two years

• Burnout levels

  1.5 years

Study Arms (2)

Mastery Learning Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Mastery learning in communication skills

Standard of Care Group

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

Mastery learning in communication skills BEHAVIORAL

Participants will undergo simulation-based mastery learning curriculum in difficult conversations.

Mastery Learning Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Anesthesiology residents rotating at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

You may not qualify if:

• Participant refusal
• Study participants who have already undergone the mastery learning in difficult conversations course.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: lead

Study Sites (1)

Northwestern University Simulation Center

Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Communication; Burnout, Professional

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Occupational Stress; Occupational Diseases; Burnout, Psychological; Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms

Study Officials

• Heather Ballard, MD

  Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Heather Ballard, MD

CONTACT

3122275170; hballard@luriechildrens.org

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: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 19, 2023
• First Posted: August 7, 2023
• Study Start: January 18, 2023
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): January 1, 2028
• Last Updated: November 18, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

US (1)