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Comparison of Web- Versus Classroom-based Basic Ultrasound and Extended Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma (EFAST) Training in Two European Hospitals

NCT01040767 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 55

Last updated 2009-12-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Study Objective: Training physicians in new skills via classroom-based teaching has inherent costs and time constraints. We sought to evaluate whether web-based didactics result in similar knowledge improvement and retention of basic ultrasound principles and the EFAST (Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) compared with the traditional method.

Methods: Physicians from two German emergency departments were randomized into a classroom group with traditional lectures and a web group that watched narrated lectures online. All participants completed a pre- and post-test, and a second post-test eight weeks later. Both groups underwent hands-on training after the first post-test. A control group completed the two initial tests without didactic intervention.

Conditions

  • Learning

Interventions

OTHER

Didactic training in basic ultrasound and the EFAST

Physicians in the classroom group (class) listened to traditional lectures, while the web group (web) watched narrated lectures online. All participants completed a pre- and post-test, and a second post-test eight weeks later. Both groups underwent hands-on training after the first post-test.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Klinikum Nürnberg

    collaborator OTHER

  • Institut fuer Notfallmedizin Kempten e.V., Germany

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elke Platz, MD, RDMS · Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston USA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-11-30
Primary Completion
2009-02-28
Completion
2009-02-28

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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