Educating Anesthesia Residents to Improve Perioperative Care for the Elderly

NCT ID: NCT03008863

Last Updated: 2018-12-24

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-12-31

Study Completion Date

2017-06-30

Brief Summary

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1. The investigators will design, test and implement a education curriculum for anesthesia residents teaching geriatric anesthesiology.
2. The investigators will randomize 42 anesthesia residents so that half receive an innovative, e-learning curriculum while the other half receives the current standard curriculum. We will assess their medical knowledge, and the amount of anesthesia delivered to patients after the curriculum is implemented.
3. The investigators will analyze any changes in clinical practice of residents in the care of elderly patients. Enrollment will be voluntary for all residents. Also, the investigators will not interfere with clinical management of any patients by residents which are done under direct supervision of faculty.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Anesthesia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Education Intervention

The investigators will use an electronic learning (E-learning) curriculum with an educational video and a user-centered checklist for anesthesia residents. This E-learning curriculum will cover how to care for geriatric patients in the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative settings, and specific interventions that have been shown to improve postoperative outcomes in older patients.

The checklist will be user-centered. It will remind providers of what they learned in the video and online curriculum, and how to apply these lessons in real-time while they are caring for older patients.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Education

Intervention Type OTHER

Control

Residents randomized to this group will receive the current, standard education provided for all Duke Anesthesiology residents.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Education

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Duke Anesthesiology Resident
* Willing to comply with study activities and guidelines

Exclusion Criteria

* Unable to comply with study activities and guidelines
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Duke University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Miles Berger, MD, Phd

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Duke University

Locations

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Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Berger M, Eleswarpu SS, Cooter Wright M, Ray AM, Wingfield SA, Heflin MT, Bengali S, Udani AD. Developing a Real-Time Electroencephalogram-Guided Anesthesia-Management Curriculum for Educating Residents: A Single-Center Randomized Controlled Trial. Anesth Analg. 2022 Jan 1;134(1):159-170. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005677.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34709008 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Pro00069462

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id