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Breaking Bad News in Obstetrics: A Trial of Simulation-Debrief Based Education

NCT02168192 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2016-03-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the utility of training in Breaking Bad News (BBN) skills. We hypothesize that given little or no formal training in breaking bad news, obstetric providers will benefit from a curriculum of teaching breaking bad news techniques, but will benefit more from a simulation teaching technique than from a lecture in breaking bad news techniques.

The investigators also hypothesize that providers who have undergone breaking bad news simulation will receive improved scores after the simulation debriefing compared to their pre-simulation scores, and their improvement with be greater than the control group.

Conditions

  • Breaking Bad News Skills
  • Communications Skills
  • Medical Education
  • Obstetrics
  • Simulation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Simulation-Debrief

Subjects underwent a formal debrief, reviewing the BBN skills exhibited in their prior simulation of an obstetrical communication skills scenario.

BEHAVIORAL

Traditional lecture

Control group underwent lecture for approximately 10 minutes reviewing BBN skills.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Montefiore Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cynthia Chazotte, MD · Montefiore Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-11-30
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2013-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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