Effect of Pre-operative Training Using Surgical Videos on Resident Performance of Unilateral Salpigo-oophrectomy

NCT ID: NCT03230552

Last Updated: 2019-02-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 24 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2017-08-01
• Study Completion Date: 2019-08-01

Brief Summary

There is a need for the development and validation of new teaching strategies and resources for surgical training that can occur outside of the operating room. The use of surgical videos is not novel however it has not been validated as an effective approach for gynecologic surgical training. The goals of our study are to (1) develop an educational surgical video for laparoscopic salpingo-oophrectomy (LSO) and (2) to evaluate and test the effectiveness of this tool in preparing residents for performance in the operating room.

Detailed Description

In the rapidly changing face of surgical education and with a pressure to adopt competency-based training and assessment nationwide, obstetrics and gynecology residency programs will be forced to implement effective strategies to ensure that learners acquire the skill set required to become competent gynecologists. However, very few instructional tools have been validated in gynecologic surgery. The use of surgical videos as a teaching strategy may be one piece to this puzzle. Surgical videos are becoming increasingly popular, however, their value as an effective instructional technique has yet to be validated. Should surgical videos prove to be of benefit in surgical training it would offer an alternate modality to optimize operating room experiences and learning for gynecology residents.

Obstetrics and gynecology residents in years one and two of their training (junior residents), will view a teaching video about LSO (intervention group) compared to not watching a video (control group) to assess if our intervention results in better performance in the operating room for this procedure as rated by an objective structured assessment of technical skills tool (OSAT) (primary outcome). Secondary outcome measures will include a self-administered questionnaire grading knowledge and confidence, and a 5-point Likert scale grading resident satisfaction with the video.

Conditions

Surgical Videos; Pre-operative Training

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Video group

Residents assigned to this group will watch an instructional surgical video prior to LSO surgery.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Instructional surgical video

Intervention Type: OTHER

An instructional surgical video shown to residents before they perform LSO surgery.

No video group

Residents assigned to this group will not watch an instructional surgical video prior to LSO surgery.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Instructional surgical video

An instructional surgical video shown to residents before they perform LSO surgery.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Novice OBGYN residents who have performed <10 LSO surgeries as the primary surgeon

Exclusion Criteria

• OBGYN residents who have performed > 10 LSO surgeries as the primary surgeon.

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Unity Health Toronto

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Eliane Shore, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Unity Health Toronto

Locations

St. Michael's Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Countries

Canada

References

Norris S, Papillon-Smith J, Gagnon LH, Jacobson M, Sobel M, Shore EM. Effect of a Surgical Teaching Video on Resident Performance of a Laparoscopic Salpingo-oophorectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2020 Nov-Dec;27(7):1545-1551. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2020.01.010. Epub 2020 Jan 23.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 31982585 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

17-124

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id