Clinical trial NCT03478579: Non-technical Skills of Emergency Physicians in a Virtual Emergency Department
Official title: Nontechnical Skills Assessment of Emergency Physicians and Quality of Care in a Virtual Emergency Department
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Emergencies
Keywords: serious game
simulation
virtual emergency department
nontechnical skills
Lead sponsor: University Hospital, Toulouse
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-03-27
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Emergency physicians working in the French Midi-Pyrénées region

Brief summary: The investigators will study nontechnical skills of emergency physicians in a virtual standardized emergency room and their impact on quality of care.

Detailed description: The ability to manage multiple patients and anticipate the risk of error related to task interruptions or disruptions has been identified among relevant non-technical skills (NTS) for practicing emergency medicine. However, the link between these skills and the quality of care has not been quantified. NTS are usually analyzed by qualitative methods such as interviews, direct observations, or questionnaires that have low performance according to the GRADE system (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation).

The investigators have created and validated an experimental model of a virtual, authentic and realistic Emergency Department (ED). The platform has been modelled in a "Second Life" environment. The NTS of emergency physicians will be assessed and recorded during simulated care of multiple virtual patients. The NTS association with ED length of stay and disposition decision will be analyzed. This study will be an internal pilot study and will include 30 emergency physicians who practice emergency medicine for at least two years.

Sessions will be performed in the Toulouse Institute of Health Care Simulation, Toulouse University Hospital. They will be composed of three stages: briefing (30 minutes), simulated practice (3 hours), and debriefing with an explicit interview (30 minutes). Two researchers and a computer technician will supervise the sessions. The data will be obtained by analyzing the video recorded during the simulated practice and the interview.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Active emergency physicians working in an ED of the French Midi-Pyrenees region
* Two years of practice in emergency medicine or more
* Volunteer to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Emergency physician working in another setting than ED, outside the Midi-Pyrenees region, or practicing emergency medicine for less than 2 years.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Nontechnical skills
timeFrame: 3 hours
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Quality of care will be measured by a composite criteria (process and result)
timeFrame: 3 hours
measure: ED length of stay
timeFrame: 3 hours
measure: The authenticity of the virtual emergency medicine service
timeFrame: 3 hours
measure: The authenticity of the virtual emergency medicine service
timeFrame: 3 hours
measure: The authenticity of the virtual emergency medicine service
timeFrame: 3 hours
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Toulouse
country: France
facility: CHU Toulouse
Study officials:
affiliation: Toulouse CHU
name: Dominique Lauque, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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