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Effects of Systematic Cervical Exam Training on Labor and Delivery Care

NCT04421768 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1125

Last updated 2025-12-18

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Summary

All physicians, nurses, and nurse midwives working on Labor and Delivery will be required to complete cervical exam simulation training. Data before and after institution of the training will be compared to determine if the training leads to less cervical exams during labor and increases consistency between examiners

Conditions

  • Delivery Problem
  • Cervix; Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Related

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

cervical exam training

Each nurse will then examine 1 sets of 10 high-fidelity silicone task trainers approximately three per week for a maximum of 20 sessions (200 repetitions total). For each set of 10 exams, the estimates will recorded on an answer sheet. A cumulative summation analysis will be performed on each participant. When an individual nurse achieves competence her training will be suspended

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joshua F Nitsche, MD · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-07-23
Primary Completion
2026-06-30
Completion
2026-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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