Cardiovascular Fellow-in-training Feedback on Virtual and Simulator-based Learning Experience in A Low to Middle Income Country

• Sponsor: Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT04984564
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 68
• Location: 1
• Actual Duration (Months): 2
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 33.9

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Virtual and simulatorbased learning is not widely available in LMIC. It is imperative to analyze feedback of CV fellow-in-training regarding this mode of learning before large scale implementation.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Educational Problems	Other: None. As this was an observational study.

Detailed Description

COVID-19 pandemic has introduced us to a greater need of virtual learning platforms and has resulted in less clinical exposure for fellows-in-training. Virtual and simulatorbased learning is not widely available in LMIC. It is imperative to analyze feedback of CV fellow-in-training regarding this mode of learning before large scale implementation.

This was an observational study conducted between July-August 2020. A multicentered survey was conducted. Survey questionnaire was disseminated to FIT via Google Forms. The questionnaire contained total of 24 questions about virtual and simulator-based learning during the pandemic.

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Actual Enrollment: 68 participants
• Observational Model: Other
• Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
• Official Title: Cardiovascular Fellow-in-training Feedback on Virtual and Simulator-based Learning Experience During Covid-19 Pandemic in A Low to Middle Income Country
• Actual Study Start Date: Jul 1, 2020
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Aug 31, 2020
• Actual Study Completion Date: Aug 31, 2020

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Feedback of individual fellow in training on virtual and simulator based learning. [Survey was conducted from august to july 2020. Subjects had two month period to respond.]

   Fellows responded to survey questions.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: N/A and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• Cardiovascular fellow-in-training currently under training at the institute.

Exclusion Criteria:

• None.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Pirbhat Shams	Karachi	Outside US And Canada	Pakistan	74800

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Pirbhat Shams, MBBS, The Aga Khan University Hospital

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Pirbhat Shams, Resident Physician, Co-Investigator, Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04984564
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2020-5030-10817
• First Posted: Jul 30, 2021
• Last Update Posted: Aug 6, 2021
• Last Verified: Jul 1, 2021

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Keywords provided by Pirbhat Shams, Resident Physician, Co-Investigator, Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan: cardiovascular education, virtual education, simulator, LMIC

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Aug 6, 2021