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The Effect of Immediate Feedback on Long-term Blood Pressure Measurement Skills: a Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT03143699 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2017-08-03

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Summary

The present study aims to investigate the effect of immediate feedback on long-term blood pressure measurement skills. This is a randomized controlled trial including first year students from a Brazilian medical school, which will be randomized in two groups: an intervention group (submitted to a training on blood pressure measurement skills and an immediate feedback) and a control group (submitted to a training on blood pressure measurement skills, but with no immediate feedback). Then, students will be assessed 3 months after the feedback in order to see whether there will be a difference between groups. Our hypothesis is that students submitted to immediate feedback would have better scores in the blood-pressure measurement skills after 3 months. A knowledge questionnaire as well as a standardized patient scenario will be used to assess students' knowledge and skills.

Conditions

  • Education, Medical
  • Blood Pressure

Interventions

OTHER

Immediate Feedback

Students will be trained to measure blood pressure in the same way, with a brief 4-hour theoretical-practical intervention. After the training, students will measure the blood pressure of a standardized patient and observers will evaluate them using a checklist. After that, students from the intervention group will receive an immediate feedback based on the previous literature. Briefly, feedback will be based on what was directly observed and will be phrased in non-judgmental language, following the Pendleton model.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of Juiz de Fora

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Giancarlo Lucchetti, MD, PhD · Federal University of Juiz de Fora

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-03-28
Primary Completion
2017-11-06
Completion
2018-02-28

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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