Trial Outcomes & Findings for Effectiveness of Medicorp HO Preparatory Course (NCT NCT03510195)
NCT ID: NCT03510195
Last Updated: 2020-06-16
Results Overview
This will be adapted from the IMU Student Competency Survey (Appendix 2) as there are no published studies on the confidence level of medical graduates before beginning HO-ship. The questionnaire comprises of 5 sections. The first 4 sections asses on generic skills, practical tasks, soft skills and their confidence as a whole, using a Likert scale assessment. Scoring is a mean score of 1-5 and the higher the score, the higher the confidence. The last section asks on the one daunting aspect of being a HO out of a list of 7 things, this section is descriptive.
COMPLETED
NA
267 participants
pre intervention, immediately after intervention and 1 month after working as a House Officer ( an average of 6 months after intervention)
2020-06-16
Participant Flow
Participant milestones
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Participants in Medicorp HO Preparatory Module
A total of 267 participants registered for the course and were invited to participate within the timeframe of this study period of recruitment. Only 239 returned their baseline questionnaires. At the time-point immediately after the intervention, 224 participants returned their completed questionnaires. At the subsequent follow up of the study, which was one-month post working as a HO, 101 answered the questionnaire.
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Overall Study
STARTED
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267
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Overall Study
COMPLETED
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101
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Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
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166
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Reasons for withdrawal
Withdrawal data not reported
Baseline Characteristics
Effectiveness of Medicorp HO Preparatory Course
Baseline characteristics by cohort
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Sociodemographic Factors of Participants
n=239 Participants
Data and results obtained from pre-intervention, post intervention and 1 month after work post intervention
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Age, Continuous
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25.66 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 1.54 • n=5 Participants
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Sex: Female, Male
Female
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186 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Sex: Female, Male
Male
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53 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Malay
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189 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Chinese
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19 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Indian
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19 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Others
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12 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Religion
Islam
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194 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Religion
Christian
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18 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Religion
Hindu
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16 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Religion
Buddha
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7 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Religion
Others
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4 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Year of Graduation
2016
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2 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Year of Graduation
2017
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81 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Year of Graduation
2018
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156 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Place of Graduation
Local
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63 Participants
n=5 Participants
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Place of Graduation
Overseas
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176 Participants
n=5 Participants
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PRIMARY outcome
Timeframe: pre intervention, immediately after intervention and 1 month after working as a House Officer ( an average of 6 months after intervention)This will be adapted from the IMU Student Competency Survey (Appendix 2) as there are no published studies on the confidence level of medical graduates before beginning HO-ship. The questionnaire comprises of 5 sections. The first 4 sections asses on generic skills, practical tasks, soft skills and their confidence as a whole, using a Likert scale assessment. Scoring is a mean score of 1-5 and the higher the score, the higher the confidence. The last section asks on the one daunting aspect of being a HO out of a list of 7 things, this section is descriptive.
Outcome measures
| Measure |
Pre-intervention
n=239 Participants
The participants assessed before the preparatory course started.
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Post-intervention
n=224 Participants
The participant assessed after the preparatory course ended.
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Post 1 Month Working
n=101 Participants
The participant assessed after 1 month working.
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Change in Confidence Level
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2.18 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 1.00
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3.50 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 0.75
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3.79 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 0.92
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SECONDARY outcome
Timeframe: pre intervention, immediately post intervention (after 3 days of intervention)This is also adapted from the IMU competency survey and is asked on a likert scale of 1 to 5 for their level of readiness. It is assessed after the confidence section. The higher the score, the higher the level of readiness
Outcome measures
| Measure |
Pre-intervention
n=239 Participants
The participants assessed before the preparatory course started.
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Post-intervention
n=224 Participants
The participant assessed after the preparatory course ended.
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Post 1 Month Working
The participant assessed after 1 month working.
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Change in Readiness Level
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2.36 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 1.03
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3.46 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 0.78
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SECONDARY outcome
Timeframe: pre intervention and 1 month after working as a House Officer ( an average of 6 months after intervention)This is using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS): This questionnaire is used to asses Depression, Anxiety and Stress. It uses a likert scale. The scores indicate normal, mild, moderate, severe and extremely severe for each of the domains. The higher the scores, indicates the more severe the conditions. Each of the three DASS-21 scales contains 7 items, divided into subscales with similar content. The depression scale assesses dysphoria, hopelessness, devaluation of life, self-deprecation, lack of interest / involvement, anhedonia and inertia. Minimum score: 0 Maximum score: 42 Normal: 0-9 Mild: 10-13 Moderate: 14-20 Severe: 21-27 Exteremely severe: 28+
Outcome measures
| Measure |
Pre-intervention
n=239 Participants
The participants assessed before the preparatory course started.
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Post-intervention
n=101 Participants
The participant assessed after the preparatory course ended.
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Post 1 Month Working
The participant assessed after 1 month working.
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Change in Psychological Well Being - Depression
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8.67 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 7.93
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7.80 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 8.95
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SECONDARY outcome
Timeframe: pre intervention and 1 month after working as a House Officer ( an average of 6 months after intervention)This is using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS): This questionnaire is used to asses Depression, Anxiety and Stress. It uses a likert scale. The scores indicate normal, mild, moderate, severe and extremely severe for each of the domains. The higher the scores, indicates the more severe the conditions. Each of the three DASS-21 scales contains 7 items, divided into subscales with similar content The anxiety scale assesses autonomic arousal, skeletal muscle effects, situational anxiety, and subjective experience of anxious affect. Minimum score: 0 Maximum score: 48 Normal: 0-7 Mild: 8-9 Moderate: 10-14 Severe: 15-19 Extremely severe: 20+
Outcome measures
| Measure |
Pre-intervention
n=239 Participants
The participants assessed before the preparatory course started.
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Post-intervention
n=101 Participants
The participant assessed after the preparatory course ended.
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Post 1 Month Working
The participant assessed after 1 month working.
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Change in Psychological Well Being - Anxiety
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9.75 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 7.24
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7.43 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 9.54
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SECONDARY outcome
Timeframe: pre intervention and 1 month after working as a House Officer ( an average of 6 months after intervention)This is using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS): This questionnaire is used to asses Depression, Anxiety and Stress. It uses a likert scale. The scores indicate normal, mild, moderate, severe and extremely severe for each of the domains. The higher the scores, indicates the more severe the conditions. Each of the three DASS-21 scales contains 7 items, divided into subscales with similar content The stress scale is sensitive to levels of chronic non-specific arousal. It assesses difficulty relaxing, nervous arousal, and being easily upset / agitated, irritable / over-reactive and impatient. Scores for depression, anxiety and stress are calculated by summing the scores for the relevant items. Minimum score: 0 Maximum score: 48 Normal: 0-14 Mild: 15-18 Moderate: 19-25 Severe: 26-33 Extremely severe: 34+
Outcome measures
| Measure |
Pre-intervention
n=239 Participants
The participants assessed before the preparatory course started.
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Post-intervention
n=101 Participants
The participant assessed after the preparatory course ended.
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Post 1 Month Working
The participant assessed after 1 month working.
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Change in Psychological Well Being - Stress
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11.78 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 8.05
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8.58 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 10.33
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Adverse Events
Participants in Medicorp HO Preparatory Module
Serious adverse events
Adverse event data not reported
Other adverse events
Adverse event data not reported
Additional Information
Results disclosure agreements
- Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
- Publication restrictions are in place