Clinical trial NCT07006337: Surgical Operating Room Enhancement Curriculum for Medical Students
Official title: Surgical Operating Room Enhancement Curriculum for Medical Students: A Quality Improvement and Prospective Cohort Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Gynecology
Medical Education
Operating Rooms
Lead sponsor: Wayne State University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-06-05
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The study uses a prospective, parallel-group design. Medical students are stratified by their clinical rotation cohorts (5-week blocks) to ensure baseline equivalence in knowledge and experience. Each cohort is assigned either to the intervention or control arm for the duration of their rotation. The intervention group participates in the enrichment course, while the control group completes the standard rotation. Both groups complete knowledge and perception assessments at the end of their respective rotations
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to assess whether integrating an enhanced Surgical Operating Room (OR) curriculum into the medical student program improves knowledge and proficiency in gynecologic surgical techniques and procedures among medical students at Wayne State University. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does the Surgical Operating Room Enrichment Course increase medical students' knowledge and comfort with gynecologic surgical procedures?

Does participation in the course improve students' clinical perceptions and management of gynecologic emergencies?

Researchers will compare students who participate in the Surgical Operating Room Enrichment Course (intervention group) to those who complete the standard rotation (control group) to see if the enhanced curriculum leads to greater improvements in knowledge and clinical skills.

Participants will:

Attend virtual didactic lectures covering gynecologic anatomy, perioperative care, surgical techniques, and management of gynecologic emergencies

Complete pre- and post-training surveys assessing knowledge, skills, and perceptions related to gynecologic surgery

This study involves approximately 60 medical students, with participation being voluntary and all responses de-identified.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Medical students currently enrolled in the Wayne State University OBGYN clinical rotation (5-week block)
* Willingness to voluntarily participate in surveys and training sessions
* Ability to attend all didactic lectures

Exclusion Criteria:

* Prior completion of a structured surgical operating room enrichment course (e.g., elective subspecialty training)
* Inability to participate virtual sessions due to conflicting clinical/academic schedules
* Non-English speakers (due to English-language survey instruments)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Knowledge and Proficiency in Gynecologic Surgical Techniques
timeFrame: From baseline (start of rotation) to end of rotation (5 weeks)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in Clinical Perceptions and Comfort with Gynecologic Emergencies
timeFrame: From baseline (start of rotation) to end of rotation (5 weeks)
measure: Participant Satisfaction with Surgical Operating Room Curriculum
timeFrame: At end of rotation (5 weeks)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Detroit
country: United States
facility: Wayne State University SOM, Dept of OBGYN
state: Michigan
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