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Effect of Simulation on PALS Training

NCT ID: NCT00562744

Last Updated: 2007-11-22

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

51 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-01-31

Study Completion Date

2007-09-30

Brief Summary

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Patient simulation is a new and expanding technology that has proven effective as a teaching tool in various clinical settings, but data on pediatric simulation is lacking. Mock resuscitation scenarios have been shown in prior studies to be effective for improving knowledge, skill, and confidence in pediatric housestaff. Our objective is to assess the utility of a training program utilizing a human patient simulator of an infant as a teaching tool for pediatric housestaff training in resuscitation skills. We hypothesize that mock resuscitation exercises performed by pediatric housestaff on a patient simulator will result in improved performance on test scenarios when compared to the same training on a standard manikin.

Detailed Description

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Patient simulation is a new and expanding technology that has proven effective as a teaching tool in various clinical settings, but data on pediatric simulation is lacking. Mock resuscitation scenarios have been shown in prior studies to be effective for improving knowledge, skill, and confidence in pediatric housestaff. Our objective is to assess the utility of a training program utilizing a human patient simulator of an infant as a teaching tool for pediatric housestaff training in resuscitation skills. We hypothesize that mock resuscitation exercises performed by pediatric housestaff on a patient simulator will result in improved performance on test scenarios when compared to the same training on a standard manikin.

We propose a randomized trial of pediatric residents of identical training levels from three children's hospitals. Participants will be assigned to a control group or an intervention group. The control group will undertake mock resuscitation scenarios on a standard manikin; the intervention group will perform the same exercises on a simulator. A test scenario will be administered at the end of each set of training scenarios and frequency and timing of a predetermined list of critical clinical assessments and interventions will be recorded. Analysis will consist of a comparison between control and intervention groups for success rates and time to completion for clinical assessments and interventions.

Conditions

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Pediatric Housestaff

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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SIM

Participants complete training and assessment of performance in PALS scenarios using high-fidelity simulator

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Simulation

Intervention Type OTHER

Use of high-fidelity patient simulator for training and assessment of PALS scenario performance

MAN

Participants complete training and assessment of performance in PALS scenarios using mannequin

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Simulation

Use of high-fidelity patient simulator for training and assessment of PALS scenario performance

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* PGY 1 or 2 in pediatrics at CHOP, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, or A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Laerdal Medical

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Aaron Donoghue, MD, MSCE

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CHOP

Locations

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CHOP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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2005-9-4379

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id