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Effect of Simulation on PALS Training

NCT00562744 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 51

Last updated 2007-11-22

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Summary

Patient simulation is a new and expanding technology that has proven effective as a teaching tool in various clinical settings, but data on pediatric simulation is lacking. Mock resuscitation scenarios have been shown in prior studies to be effective for improving knowledge, skill, and confidence in pediatric housestaff. Our objective is to assess the utility of a training program utilizing a human patient simulator of an infant as a teaching tool for pediatric housestaff training in resuscitation skills. We hypothesize that mock resuscitation exercises performed by pediatric housestaff on a patient simulator will result in improved performance on test scenarios when compared to the same training on a standard manikin.

Conditions

  • Pediatric Housestaff

Interventions

OTHER

Simulation

Use of high-fidelity patient simulator for training and assessment of PALS scenario performance

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Aaron Donoghue, MD, MSCE · CHOP

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-01-31
Completion
2007-09-30

Countries

  • United States

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