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Digital Rectal Exam Proficiency Tool

NCT02278679 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 410

Last updated 2017-05-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A digital rectal exam proficiency tool, titled the 'DiRECT' was developed based on the consensus of 10 experts. The purpose of this study is to validate this tool for use in both undergraduate and graduate medical education .

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Digital Rectal Exam

The DRE digital rectal exam is an essential component of physical examination, but physicians enter their residency having neither been appropriately exposed nor trained in performing DREs. , the attending physician, resident physician(s), and medical student(s) will each perform a digital rectal exam on the subject, and independently document their examination on the DiRECT instrument.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Virginia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tracey L Krupski, M.D. · University of Virginia, Dept of Urology

  • Raymond A Costabile, M.D. · University of Virginia, Dept of Urology

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-10-31
Primary Completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2018-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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