Video Coaching as an Efficient Teaching Method for Surgical Residents

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The purpose of this study is to determine if video coaching is an efficient way of teaching surgical skills outside of the operating room for surgical residents.

Detailed Description
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Coaching relates to a cooperative process between a coach and a coachee, which includes providing objective and constructive feedback to help a [coachee] recognize what works and what can be improved. In our study the investigators will be filming general surgery residents while making a side to side anastomosis on a dog's cadaveric small bowel. Half of the participants will be randomized in the intervention group and will take part in a half hour coaching session with a surgeon. In this coaching session both resident and surgeon will watch the resident's filmed anastomosis and constructive feedback will be given by the surgeon. An inanimate model of bowel anastomosis will be available at the moment of the coaching to allow the surgeon to demonstrate the desired improvements. Once all the residents in the intervention group will have completed their coaching session, both control and intervention group will be filmed making a second side to side anastomosis. All the video taken will then be pooled in a random order. A blinded surgeon will then analyse each video taken with the objective structured assessment of technical skills (OSATS) tool. The hypothesis is that the residents who received an half-hour coaching session will have significantly improved their OSATS score compared to the control group between the first and second anastomosis.

Official Title
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Video Coaching as an Efficient Teaching Method for Surgical Residents A Randomized Control Trial

Conditions
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Healthy

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Video coaching session


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Residents from PGY-1 to PGY-4 in general surgery at Université de Montreal Exclusion Criteria: PGY-5 in general surgery at université de Montreal ( because they are studying for their Board exams ) Did no sing consent form

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Video coaching<br>14 residents in general surgery from PGY-1(post graduate year-1) to PGY-4 Block randomized to the intervention group who will receive a 30 minute video coaching session as the intervention | Behavioral: Video coaching session<br>* A 30 minute video coaching session with a surgeon in witch the residaent and coach visualise the filmed anastomosis and where the surgeon gives constructive feedback.<br>|
| No Intervention: Control<br>14 residents in general surgery from PGY-1 to PGY-4 block randomized to the control group | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in (Objective structured assessment of technical skills) OSATS score at baseline and after the coaching session. |  | assessed at both first and second filmed anastomosis for both groups with about 1 month apart. | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Resident satisfaction questionnaire | Questionnaire aiming to know if video coaching is something the participants think is useful. | Once every resident has completed his coaching session about two weeks after the first anastomosis. | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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post graduate surgical education, video coaching, Surgical education, coaching