Clinical trial NCT04959162: The Effect of Theoretical Knowledge on Resident's Practical Performance in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Official title: The Effect of Theoretical Knowledge on Resident's Practical Performance in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound- A Randomized Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Musculoskeletal Diseases
Keywords: Training
Ultrasound
E-learning
Lead sponsor: Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-07-13
Enrollment: 28
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Musculoskeletal ultrasound( MSUS) is highly operator-dependent and proper training is needed to ensure appropriate use and minimize risk of incorrect image interpretation.To acquire skills in MSUS, it is mandatory to assure training in both the cognitive ability to recognize normal and pathological findings within the images and the psychomotor component of the examination. This study will examine the effect of a novel developed e-learning platform "The Ultrasound LearNing plAtform (ULNA)", on pre- and post-course musculoskeletal ultrasound performance of rheumatology residents. Moreover, to examine the resident's satisfaction with the e-learning platform ULNA.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria: Residents working in Denmark. Participants are required to have a medical license and provide informed consent before inclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

1. No informed consent
2. Existing The Danish Society for Rheumatology (DRS) level 1 or higher.
3. Participation in prior studies involving musculoskeletal ultrasound training

Primary outcomes:
measure: Difference in The Objective Structures Assessment of Ultrasound skills (OSAUS) score in percent between pre- and post-course assessment for the intervention group and the control group.
timeFrame: 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Difference in time used to complete the MSUS examination between the groups.
timeFrame: 1 year
Other outcomes:
measure: Comparing the times used on the online platform and the performance score
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Participant experience using the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI) scale
timeFrame: 1 year
Locations:
city: Glostrup
country: Denmark
facility: COPECARE (Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research)
Study officials:
affiliation: Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE)
name: Stine Maya Carstensen, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
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citation: Carstensen SMD, Terslev L, Jensen MP, Ostergaard M. Future use of musculoskeletal ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging in rheumatoid arthritis. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2020 May;32(3):264-272. doi: 10.1097/BOR.0000000000000709.
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citation: Brown AK, O'Connor PJ, Wakefield RJ, Roberts TE, Karim Z, Emery P. Practice, training, and assessment among experts performing musculoskeletal ultrasonography: toward the development of an international consensus of educational standards for ultrasonography for rheumatologists. Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Dec 15;51(6):1018-22. doi: 10.1002/art.20844.
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