Patient Safety Skills for Medical Students

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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In this project, the authors aim to evaluate the use of high fidelity simulation as a method of evaluation of general skills in fifth year medical students about patient quality and safety in a hospital setting.

Detailed Description
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Undergraduate training in patient safety and healthcare quality is often overlooked by medical curricula. Simulation techniques have been used in different subjects as a support for learning invasive techniques in surgical areas, but it has not been used to improve knowledge and performance on patient quality domains that would be applied in real life scenarios. This project is a randomized trial for medical students undertaking the course in Quality and Patient Safety. The authors will randomized students at the beginning of each rotation into two groups: a) an intervention group (where students will take the simulation and will be evaluated by a final written exam); and b) a control group (where students will take only the usual teaching in classrooms and will be evaluated with the same written exam). Furthermore, students will be asked to fill a questionnaire to obtain their attitudes and knowledge about the topics in quality and safety in healthcare.

Official Title
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Simulation for the Evaluation of General Skills in Patient Safety and Quality in Undergraduate Medical Students

Conditions
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Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Intervention / Treatment
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* Procedure: Simulation techique


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: 5th year medical students enrolled in the course Quality and Patient Safety in the Tecnológico de Monterrey School of Medicine, Campus Monterrey.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 21 Years
Maximum Age: 24 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: Randomized controlled trial of two educational interventions
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: No Intervention<br>This is the control group. Participants in this group will take the usual course without simulation techniques. | |
| Experimental: Simulation<br>This is the intervention group. Participants in this group will to take the course with simulation techniques. | Procedure: Simulation techique<br>* The intervention group will be in a simulated case with mock scenarios and interaction by 'acting out' the clinical situation where knowledge and attitudes about safety in hospitalized patients will be assessed.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mean score of skills and knowledge about quality and patient safety | Assessed by questionnaire evaluation of knowledge in the area of patient safety and quality of healthcare using a multiple choice question examination and a survey. This outcome is measured in a scale from 0 to 100 individually and it will be averaged throughout each group. | One year | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Qualitative Evaluation of Attitudes and preferences towards patient safety | Assessed by interview of individuals about their attitudes and behaviours | One year | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Patient Safety, Quality, Simulation, Undergraduate, Medical Student