Clinical trial NCT06533488: Evaluation of a Perceptual Learning Module on Spinal Ultrasound Among Residents.
Official title: Evaluation of the Impact of a Perceptual Learning Module (PLM) on the Sonographic Identification of Spinal Structures by Novice Anesthesiology Residents. A Randomized Controlled Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Spinal Anesthesia Skill
Ultrasound Imaging of Anatomical Structures
Medical Education
Lead sponsor: Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-08-01
Enrollment: 20
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: This medical education research project aims to evaluate the impact of a directed perceptual learning module (PLM) on spinal sonoanatomy. Following a demographic questionnaire, participants will be exposed to a tutorial explaining the necessary theoretical foundations for the PLM as well as the functioning of the PLM interface. A pre-test involving selecting the best image from a video sequence depicting spinal sonoanatomy will be administered to all participants. Participants will then be randomized into two groups and exposed to video sequences in the same manner as during the pre-test, with immediate feedback in the intervention group and no feedback in the control group. The video sequences presented will be the same between the two groups. Finally, a post-test will be administered immediately and remotely after exposure to the PLM. The time window corresponding to the best image will be predefined by an expert and compared to the resident\&#39;s value. The difference in feedback exposure between the two groups will not be revealed to limit biases.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria (participants) :

* To be a first, second, third, or fourth-year resident in the anesthesiology program at the Université de Montréal.
* Not having experience in spinal ultrasound (defined as not having performed more than 5 spinal ultrasounds, whether accompanied or not).
* To be familiar with ultrasound.
* Consenting to participate in the study.

Inclusion Criteria (experts) :

- Having used spinal ultrasound in clinical practice or taught it within the last year.

Exclusion Criteria (participants) :

* Refusal to consent
* Not meeting the inclusion criteria.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Improvement in the concordance of identifying the best image on the video within the interval specified by the expert in seconds, between the pre-test and the post-test.
timeFrame: Between the pre-test and the immediate post-test, as well as the post-test at 1 month.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Improvement over time in the concordance of identifying the best image on the video within the interval specified by the expert in seconds
timeFrame: During the intervention phase
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Montreal
country: Canada
facility: Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital
state: Quebec
Study officials:
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