Artificial Intelligence-driven Virtual Standardized Pediatric Patients Trial
NCT ID: NCT06699433
Last Updated: 2024-12-19
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
459 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-12-31
2025-01-31
Brief Summary
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Methods: This study will involve a three-arm randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a virtual pediatric standardized patient platform in enhancing primary care doctors' management of common pediatric diseases. At least 459 participants, including general practitioners, internal medicine practitioners, surgeons, and pediatricians from more than 10 provinces across China, will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: the virtual patient platform group, the case teaching manual group, or the case teaching video group. Five virtual patient cases covering pneumococcal pneumonia, rotavirus enteritis with hypovolemic shock, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, acute appendicitis, and respiratory failure will be developed, along with corresponding case teaching materials. After a two-week learning period, participants' disease management abilities will be assessed using clinical vignettes. The primary outcome is adherence to best clinical practice guidelines, categorized into full adherence, partial adherence, and nonadherence.
Discussion: This study aims to leverage artificial intelligence for capacity enhancement, targeting the shortcomings of primary care pediatrics and using VSP to help enhance primary care pediatrics capacity. It is a randomized controlled trial involving over 300 primary healthcare institutions across more than 10 provinces in China, ensuring broad and representative participation from both developed and underdeveloped regions.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Virtual standardized patients (VSPs) training
Virtual standardized patients (VSPs), utilizing internet and virtual simulation technology, emulate patients with specific disease characteristics and clinical manifestations. With advantages in safety, flexibility, convenience, and efficiency, VSPs are used in medical education, clinical reasoning training, and licensure examinations. Doctors will interact with VSPs to conduct clinical simulations and training, including consultations, physical examinations, auxiliary examinations, and treatment decision-making, to enhance their capabilities for managing common pediatric diseases
Virtual standardized patients (VSPs)
Virtual standardized patients (VSPs), utilizing internet and virtual simulation technology, emulate patients with specific disease characteristics and clinical manifestations. With advantages in safety, flexibility, convenience, and efficiency, VSPs are used in medical education, clinical reasoning training, and licensure examinations. Doctors will interact with VSPs to conduct clinical simulations and training, including consultations, physical examinations, auxiliary examinations, and treatment decision-making, to enhance their capabilities for managing common pediatric diseases
Case teaching manuals
Doctors will use case teaching manuals to enhance their capabilities for managing common pediatric diseases
Case teaching manuals
Doctors will use case teaching manuals to enhance their capabilities for managing common pediatric diseases
Case teaching videos
Doctors will use case teaching videos to enhance their capabilities for managing common pediatric diseases
Case teaching videos
Doctors will use case teaching videos to enhance their capabilities for managing common pediatric diseases
Interventions
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Virtual standardized patients (VSPs)
Virtual standardized patients (VSPs), utilizing internet and virtual simulation technology, emulate patients with specific disease characteristics and clinical manifestations. With advantages in safety, flexibility, convenience, and efficiency, VSPs are used in medical education, clinical reasoning training, and licensure examinations. Doctors will interact with VSPs to conduct clinical simulations and training, including consultations, physical examinations, auxiliary examinations, and treatment decision-making, to enhance their capabilities for managing common pediatric diseases
Case teaching manuals
Doctors will use case teaching manuals to enhance their capabilities for managing common pediatric diseases
Case teaching videos
Doctors will use case teaching videos to enhance their capabilities for managing common pediatric diseases
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Community health centers (stations) and clinics, as well as township health centers and village health clinics
* Practicing (assistant) doctors and rural doctors working in medical institutions that meet the above conditions
* With a scope of practice only including general practice, internal medicine, surgery, and pediatrics
Exclusion Criteria
* Public health prevention and treatment institutions (such as tuberculosis prevention centers)
* Ethnic medicine institutions (such as Mongolian and Tibetan hospitals)
* Hospitals above the secondary level
* Hospitals that have not yet been graded (due to their short establishment time and potentially unstable operations)
-None
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Southern Medical University, China
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Dr. Huanyuan Luo
Professor
Principal Investigators
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Yao Zhao, Doctor
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Chongqing, China
Locations
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Yuntan Street Community Health Center
Guiyang, Guizhou, China
Jinxi County People's Hospital
Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China
Honghe County People's Hospital
Yisa, Yunnan, China
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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Virtual pediatric patients
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id