Clinical trial NCT04922203: Transfer of Non-technical Skills From Simulation to Clinical Practice
Official title: Are the Non Technical Skills Taught to Residents in Anesthesiology During in Situ Simulation Sessions Transferred to Clinical Practice
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: in Situ Simulation
Lead sponsor: University of Liege
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-06-10
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Since 1988, simulation has been proposed as a teaching tool in Anesthesia. The simulation environment allows to teach learners non-technical skills which are a combination of cognitive, social, and personal resources complementary to procedural skills that contribute to an efficient and safe performance.

Non-technical skills traditionally used in Anesthesia are task management, situational awareness, teamwork and decision making. They can be indirectly measured with validated scales (e.g. Anesthesia Non-Technical Skills (ANTS) system). In addition to these basic skills, specific skills such as Anesthesia Crisis Resource Management (ACRM) are required when the patient presents a critical clinical situation.

Simulation, as proposed by Gaba, was initially practiced in centers specifically designed for this purpose. More recently, we have proposed the model of in situ simulation, i.e. in the usual workplace with the usual work team, as another option for the practice of simulation.

There are many theories about the transfer of learning. Transfer can be defined as what remains of the completed training that the learner actually uses, i.e. the final real effect.

Nevertheless, almost 30 years after the introduction of simulation in the training of anesthesiologists, data demonstrating the interest of this teaching in terms of transfer of learning of non-technical skills to clinical practice or benefits for patients are rare.

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the transfer of non-technical skills taught in a training program including in situ simulation to clinical practice by anesthesiology residents.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

- Internship in the ambulatory surgery unit

Exclusion Criteria:

- Refusal to participate

Primary outcomes:
measure: ANTS (Anesthesia non technical skills) score
timeFrame: Once a day for 5 consecutive days between the first and the 15th day after enrollment in the study
measure: ANTS (Anesthesia non technical skills) score
timeFrame: Once a day for 5 consecutive days between the 30th and 45th day after enrollment
measure: ANTS (Anesthesia non technical skills) score
timeFrame: Once a day for 5 consecutive days between the 3rd and the 4th month after enrollment
Secondary outcomes:
measure: DOPS (Direct Observation of Procedural Skills) scale
timeFrame: Once within the first 15 days of enrollment
measure: DOPS (Direct Observation of Procedural Skills) scale
timeFrame: Once between the 30th and the 45th day after enrollment
measure: DOPS (Direct Observation of Procedural Skills) scale
timeFrame: Once between the 3rd and the 4th month after enrollment
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Liège
country: Belgium
facility: CHU de Liège - Sart-Tilman
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