Technical Skills Training Programme for Conducting Vacuum Assisted Deliveries

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Training is very important for acquisition and maintenance of obstetric skills. As a one-to-one practical teaching needs time and personal resources, the investigators want to prove the benefit and necessity of the one-to-one training program compared to a theory-based training program in conducting vacuum assisted deliveries (VAD). The aim of this study is to prove that a practice-based training program (one-to- one teaching) leads to better training results compared to a theory-based training program in conducting VAD.

Official Title
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Technical Skills Training Programme for Conducting Vacuum Assisted Deliveries - a Randomized Controlled Trial

Conditions
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Training VAD

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: practice-based training programme (one-to-one teaching)
* Other: theory-based training programme


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: employees of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology oral and written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: no oral and written informed consent

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

Primary Purpose: Other
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: video-recorded vacuum procedure on a special VAD-training phantom in a randomized setting: (1) theory-based training programme (2) practice-based training programme (one-to-one teaching). Video-recorded vacuum procedure on the VAD- training phantom before randomization, directly after training programme, 4-8 weeks after training programme in order to determine retention of skills.
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Other: theory-based training programme<br>theory-based training programme (oral presentation including a step-by-step guidance saying) | Other: theory-based training programme<br>* theory-based training programme for conducting VAD<br>|
| Other: practice-based training<br>practice-based training programme (one-to-one teaching) | Other: practice-based training programme (one-to-one teaching)<br>* practice-based training programme (one-to-one teaching) for conducting VAD<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| technical skills in conducting VAD | General and procedure-specific skills will be assessed using a validated rating tool. | one day (day 0) | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retention of skills conducting VAD | General and procedure-specific skills will be assessed using a validated rating tool. | 4-8 weeks after day 0 | 
| trainees' satisfaction | trainees' satisfaction with the two different training programmes will be assessed using a questionnaire | 4-8 weeks after day 0 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Vacuum assisted delivery, technical skills, training