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Comparison of Web- Versus Classroom-based Basic Ultrasound and Extended Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma (EFAST) Training in Two European Hospitals

NCT ID: NCT01040767

Last Updated: 2009-12-30

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

55 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-11-30

Study Completion Date

2009-02-28

Brief Summary

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Study Objective: Training physicians in new skills via classroom-based teaching has inherent costs and time constraints. We sought to evaluate whether web-based didactics result in similar knowledge improvement and retention of basic ultrasound principles and the EFAST (Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) compared with the traditional method.

Methods: Physicians from two German emergency departments were randomized into a classroom group with traditional lectures and a web group that watched narrated lectures online. All participants completed a pre- and post-test, and a second post-test eight weeks later. Both groups underwent hands-on training after the first post-test. A control group completed the two initial tests without didactic intervention.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Learning

Keywords

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Ultrasound education Blended learning Distance education Trauma ultrasound FAST

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Class

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Didactic training in basic ultrasound and the EFAST

Intervention Type OTHER

Physicians in the classroom group (class) listened to traditional lectures, while the web group (web) watched narrated lectures online. All participants completed a pre- and post-test, and a second post-test eight weeks later. Both groups underwent hands-on training after the first post-test.

Web

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Didactic training in basic ultrasound and the EFAST

Intervention Type OTHER

Physicians in the classroom group (class) listened to traditional lectures, while the web group (web) watched narrated lectures online. All participants completed a pre- and post-test, and a second post-test eight weeks later. Both groups underwent hands-on training after the first post-test.

Control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Didactic training in basic ultrasound and the EFAST

Physicians in the classroom group (class) listened to traditional lectures, while the web group (web) watched narrated lectures online. All participants completed a pre- and post-test, and a second post-test eight weeks later. Both groups underwent hands-on training after the first post-test.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Physicians currently practicing in a German emergency department
* Age ≥ 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

* Inability to participate in all aspects of the study prior to study begin
* Control group: Subjects who did not complete the pre-test
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Klinikum Nürnberg

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Institut fuer Notfallmedizin Kempten e.V., Germany

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Brigham and Women's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA

Principal Investigators

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Elke Platz, MD, RDMS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston USA

Locations

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Institut fuer Notfallmedizin e.V.

Kempten (Allgäu), Bavaria, Germany

Site Status

Klinikum Nuernberg

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

Other Identifiers

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2008-P-002019/1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id