Cardiothoracic Critical Care as Subspecialty and Its Core Competencies

NCT06370338 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2024B0101
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 68
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to develop a consensus on the curriculum for training cardiothoracic critical care by first evaluating the need for the field, based on a Delphi consensus among a panel of experts in this field.

Conditions

Consensus Development

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Degree of consensus on the curriculum for training cardiothoracic critical care by first evaluating the need for the field

  The level of agreement for all statements achieving consensus from the expert panel; consensus is predefined as ≥ 80% of the panel rating.

  12 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Degree of consensus on defining training core competencies, goals, and milestones.

  12 months

• Degree of consensus on the definitions of "Scholarship", "Patient", "Safety", "Quality"

  12 months

Study Arms (1)

Delphi Panel

Experts in the field of cardiothoracic critical care with administrative, educational, and research roles.

Other: Delphi Questionnaire

Interventions

Delphi Questionnaire OTHER

Experts will be approached to participate in the research via email. If the experts agree to participate they will check 'yes' in the email with the informed consent and will be directed to the Qualtrics survey. If the expert decides to decline consent they will check 'no' in the email and will not be enrolled. Subjects who agree to participate will undergo 2 phases of questions with three rounds of the same questions in each phase. This Delphi survey research involves Phase 1 and Phase 2 of questioning, each phase involves up to 3 rounds of questions to determine agreement or disagreement. Each round will take approximately 20 minutes to complete, and your responses will remain completely confidential. For both phases, the questions will either be 7-point Likert or multiple choices. For both phases, the group of questions will be sent up to three times until we obtain agreement (up to 80% of agreement consensus). Questions that have obtained agreement will be removed in each round.

Delphi Panel

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

A team of experts in the field of cardiothoracic critical care anesthesia.

You may qualify if:

• The participants will be experts in the field of Cardiothoracic Surgery Critical Care Medicine to better understand the training needs of the field. Experts must have been in practice for a minimum of 5 years and have at least 50% of practice in cardiothoracic intensive care units.
• The participants will have graduated from a critical care fellowship in either an administration, education, or research role.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ohio State University: lead

Study Sites (1)

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

RECRUITING

Central Study Contacts

Alberto Uribe, MD

CONTACT

6142933559; alberto.uribe@osumc.edu

Jeremy Reeves

CONTACT

6142933559; jeremy.reeves@osumc.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor - Clinical

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 12, 2024
• First Posted: April 17, 2024
• Study Start: April 11, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 30, 2026
• Last Updated: August 3, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07

Locations

US (1)