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Testing the Efficacy of Two Behavioral Interventions at Recalibrating Physician Heuristics in Trauma Triage

NCT03279575 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 320

Last updated 2018-01-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of this study is to compare the efficacy of two behavioral interventions at recalibrating physician heuristics.

Conditions

  • Wounds and Injuries

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Night Shift

Physicians in this arm of the trial will be asked to play Night Shift, an adventure video game, for two hours.

BEHAVIORAL

Graveyard Shift

Physicians in this arm of the trial will be asked to play Graveyard Shift, a puzzle video game, for two hours.

BEHAVIORAL

Educational program

Physicians in this arm of the trial will be asked to use myATLS, an app designed by the American College of Surgeons to serve as an adjunct to the ATLS course, and Trauma Life Support MCQ Review, an app designed to help students prepare for the ATLS exam. They will be asked to spend at least two hours on the combined tasks.

BEHAVIORAL

Control

Physicians in this arm will serve as a no-contact control group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-10-29
Primary Completion
2017-12-11
Completion
2017-12-11

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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