التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Virtual Interactive Surgical Skills Classroom: Protocol for a Parallel-Group, Noninferiority, Adjudicator-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial (VIRTUAL) |
| المؤلفون: |
Nathan, Arjun, Fricker, Monty, Patel, Sonam, Georgi, Maria, Hang, Man Kien, Asif, Aqua, Sinha, Amil, Mullins, William, Shea, Jessie, Hanna, Nancy, Lamb, Benjamin, Kelly, John, Sridhar, Ashwin, Collins, Justin |
| المصدر: |
JMIR Res Protoc |
| بيانات النشر: |
JMIR Publications |
| سنة النشر: |
2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Protocol, edu, psy |
| الوصف: |
BACKGROUND: Traditional face-to-face training (FFT) for basic surgical skills is inaccessible and resource-intensive. Noninteractive computer-based learning is more economical but less educationally beneficial. Virtual classroom training (VCT) is a novel method that permits distanced interactive expert instruction. VCT may optimize resources and increase accessibility. OBJECTIVE: We aim to investigate whether VCT is superior to computer-based learning and noninferior to FFT in improving proficiency in basic surgical skills. METHODS: This is a protocol for a parallel-group, noninferiority, randomized controlled trial. A sample of 72 undergraduates will be recruited from 5 medical schools in London. Participants will be stratified by subjective and objective suturing experience level and allocated to 3 intervention groups at a 1:1:1 ratio. VCT will be delivered using the BARCO weConnect software, and FFT will be provided by expert instructors. Optimal student-to-teacher ratios of 12:1 for VCT and 4:1 for FFT will be maintained. The assessed task will be interrupted suturing with hand-tied knots. RESULTS: The primary outcome will be the postintervention Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills score, adjudicated by 2 experts blinded to the study and adjusted for baseline proficiency. The noninferiority margin (δ) will be defined using historical data. CONCLUSIONS: This study will serve as a comprehensive appraisal of the suitability of virtual basic surgical skills classroom training as an alternative to FFT. Our findings will assist the development and implementation of further resource-efficient, accessible, virtual basic surgical skills training programs during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the future. TRIAL REGISTRATION: International Standard Randomized Controlled Trial Number ISRCTN12448098; https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN12448098Test INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): PRR1-10.2196/28671 |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
text |
| اللغة: |
English |
| العلاقة: |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8367109Test/ |
| الإتاحة: |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8367109Test/ |
| حقوق: |
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| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.60BFE305 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |
