Learning to Palpate the Child's Testicles Using Simulation

NCT07106502 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 49RC24_0256
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 62
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Hypothesis is that better training of medical students in the examination of boy's external genitalia could improve the diagnosis of testicular position anomalies. To this end, investigators already have created a model to train testicle palpation and recognition of testicular position anomalies. So investigator set up a monocentric randomized controlled trial in wich the medical students will be randomized into 2 groups : a control group receiging only book-based theoretical instruction on the examination of the external genitalia and testicular position anomalies, and a mannequin group receibing, in addition to this conventionnal instruction, simulation training on the mannequin Medical students will then attend a consultation with a child whose reason for coming to the hospital is a testicular positioning anomaly. Students clinical examination will be scored by the consulting senior, and the final diagnosis retained by the student will be compared with that retained by the consulting senior. The aim is to show that medical students who have trained on this new model are better, in terms of clinical examination and diagnostic, than students in the control group.

Conditions

Testicular Positioning Anomalies; Cryptorchidism

Keywords

cryptorchidism; testicular palpation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Rate of correct diagnoses

  The primary outcome will be the rate of correct diagnoses made by the medical students compared with the diagnosis made by the consultant surgeon.

  Baseline

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• clinical examination score from 0 to 20

  Baseline

Study Arms (2)

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

mannequin simulation-based learning group

EXPERIMENTAL

Procedure: testicular palpation training on a mannequin

Interventions

testicular palpation training on a mannequin PROCEDURE

Study of testicular palpation training on a mannequin on the ability to perform a testicular examination and diagnose testicular positioning abnormalities

mannequin simulation-based learning group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Medical student who volunteers to take part in the study during their pediatric or pediatric surgery clerkship or at the simulation center

You may not qualify if:

• student non in pediatric intership or non in pediatric surgery intership or non at the simulation center intership
• Student with previous simulation training in the examination of the external genitalia of children

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Angers: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cryptorchidism

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Testicular Diseases; Genital Diseases, Male; Genital Diseases; Urogenital Diseases; Male Urogenital Diseases; Urogenital Abnormalities; Congenital Abnormalities; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Gonadal Disorders; Endocrine System Diseases

Study Officials

• Louise RENOULT

  University Hospital of Angers

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Louise RENOULT

CONTACT

2 41 35 42 90; louise.renoult@chu-angers.fr

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 30, 2025
• First Posted: August 6, 2025
• Study Start: October 1, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2026
• Last Updated: August 6, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07