VE: Simulation in Teaching Vaginal Examination

• Sponsor: Assiut University (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT02664025
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 120
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Duration (Months): 6
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 19.9

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Teaching technical skills during medical training can lead to some issues, which can concern ethical or medico-legal risks. In this context, the vaginal examination (VE) is specific because it concerns the genital area and it interferes with obstetrical management.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Healthy	Procedure: vaginal examination simulator	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 120 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Official Title: The Benefits of Simulation in Teaching Vaginal Examination for Women During Labor: a Randomized Controlled Study
• Study Start Date: Mar 1, 2016
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Aug 1, 2016
• Actual Study Completion Date: Sep 1, 2016

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Active Comparator: simulation group Interns will carry out 10 VE on a simulator	Procedure: vaginal examination simulator
No Intervention: Control group Interns who will not perform any simulated VE

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. the improvement of vaginal examination accuracy score after practical training on simulators [5 minutes]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: N/A and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Interns who finished their study in faculty of medicine

• Interns who never performed VE before

• Interns who accept to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Interns who refuse to participate in the study

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Ahmed Abbas	Assiut	Cairo	Egypt	002

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Assiut University

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Ahmed Mohamed Abbas, Lecturer, Assiut University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02664025
• Other Study ID Numbers: VE
• First Posted: Jan 26, 2016
• Last Update Posted: Sep 7, 2016
• Last Verified: Sep 1, 2016

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: Yes
• Plan to Share IPD: Yes
• Keywords provided by Ahmed Mohamed Abbas, Lecturer, Assiut University: teaching vaginal examination

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Sep 7, 2016