Transfusion Camp for Medical Students in Rwanda

NCT06259734 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: H23-04004
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 145
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Transfusion medicine is closely linked with safe surgery. Transfusion Camp is a multidisciplinary educational project aimed at improving transfusion medicine knowledge in physicians. The course has been piloted in Rwanda, showing improvement in participant knowledge and confidence, resulting in its recommended implementation into the medical school curriculum. This project aims to evaluate a multi-day Transfusion Camp course mandatory for graduating medical students and first-year interns practicing in district hospitals in Rwanda. Its implementation is evaluated through pre- and post-course testing, collecting participants' blood ordering practices following the course, and conducting participant interviews about barriers to safe transfusion medicine in their hospital.

Conditions

Global Health; Medical Education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Proportion of appropriate transfusion orders

  The proportion of blood product transfusion orders classified as appropriate with 0 being no orders appropriate and 1 being all orders appropriate

  3 months after Transfusion Camp Course

• Test score

  Mean change in test scores of course participants

  End of 3 day course

• Retention test score

  Mean change in test scores of course participants

  3 months after course

Study Arms (2)

Transfusion Camp Rwanda course participants

EXPERIMENTAL

This group will participate in a 3 day course on best practices in Transfusion Medicine in Rwanda. They will participate in testing before and after the course to ascertain knowledge gained. They will then begin to work in hospitals ordering blood for their patients. Data collectors will access their blood product orders and determine the level of appropriateness of their orders based on the Rwanda Biomedical Centre National Transfusion Guidelines.

Behavioral: Transfusion Camp Rwanda education

Intern Physicians not participating in Transfusion Camp

NO INTERVENTION

Blood product ordering practices with be assessed for appropriateness in physicians who did not participate in Transfusion Camp.

Interventions

Transfusion Camp Rwanda education BEHAVIORAL

Transfusion Camp Rwanda 3 day education intervention covering all aspects of safe blood transfusion practices as per the Rwanda Biomedical Centre National Transfusion Guidelines

Transfusion Camp Rwanda course participants

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Final year graduating University of Rwanda medical students about to enter their internship year at district hospitals in Rwanda and new interns currently in their first year of their internship at district hospitals in Rwanda.

You may not qualify if:

• N/A

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of British Columbia: lead
• University of Rwanda: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Rwanda

Kigali, Rwanda

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Clinical Assistant Professor

Model Details: Data collection on the appropriateness of blood transfusion orders will be collected for educational course participants and compared with orders of physicians who did not receive the intervention.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 6, 2024
• First Posted: February 14, 2024
• Study Start: May 6, 2024
• Primary Completion: February 28, 2025
• Study Completion: December 31, 2025
• Last Updated: April 30, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

RW (1)