Video-based Learning for Basic Surgical Skills
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interventional
50
1 country
1
Brief Summary
This is a prospective randomized study, intended to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching basic surgical techniques through video, comparing the results with those of traditional teaching
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Aug 2024
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
July 11, 2024
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
August 23, 2024
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 26, 2024
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
September 30, 2024
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
October 10, 2024
CompletedFebruary 25, 2025
August 1, 2024
1 month
July 11, 2024
February 21, 2025
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Assessment of the qualities of the techniques (Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS) modified scale)
Evaluate the quality of execution of the technical gesture and its retention on each group (teaching basic surgical techniques through video and traditional education (courses face-to-face)). The Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS) modified scale is scored from 8 (worst performance) to 40 (best performance).
2 weeks
Time the participants took to complete the procedure
Time in minutes and seconds (mm:ss) that the participants took to complete the procedure on each group (teaching basic surgical techniques through video and traditional education (courses face-to-face)).
2 weeks
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Assessment of participants' involvement and interest (time of self-study in hours)
1 month
Participant satisfaction with teaching method (Likert-like satisfaction questionnaire)
1 day
Study Arms (2)
Traditional Learning
NO INTERVENTIONTeaching with an expert tutor, in a in-person course
Video-based Learning
EXPERIMENTALTeaching with videos for autonomous learning and practice
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Students from the 1st to 3rd years of the Integrated Master's Degree in Medicine at the University of Porto,
- Able to participate in a course of basic surgical techniques (simple suturing, X-stitches, U-stitches and Donatti points)
You may not qualify if:
- Participants is to have had prior contact with techniques surgical and/or minor surgery,
- Participants had contact with techniques surgical and/or minor surgery in the period between recruitment and completion of the proposed learning
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Universidade do Portolead
- Centro Hospitalar De São João, E.P.E.collaborator
- Rede de Investigação em Saúdecollaborator
Study Sites (1)
Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto
Porto, Portugal
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Vitor Lopes, MD, PhD
Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
July 11, 2024
First Posted
August 26, 2024
Study Start
August 23, 2024
Primary Completion
September 30, 2024
Study Completion
October 10, 2024
Last Updated
February 25, 2025
Record last verified: 2024-08
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share