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Simulation-Based Learning on Clinical Reasoning, Knowledge Retention, and Transfer in Undergraduate Medical Education

NCT07679672 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 250

Last updated 2026-07-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This randomized controlled trial evaluates whether a digital, video-based clinical-reasoning simulation improves clinical-reasoning performance compared with conventional lecture-based teaching across multiple clinical disciplines, including orthopedics and ophthalmology.

Within each discipline, participants are randomly allocated 1:1 to an intervention group or a control group. The intervention group learns the assigned topic through an interactive, web-based simulation built on real patient video cases with structured clinical-reasoning steps. The control group receives the same learning objectives and content through a standard didactic lecture, over a comparable duration.

After the learning session, all participants complete the same set of standardized clinical scenarios, scored with a predefined rubric. The primary outcome is the post-intervention clinical-reasoning score. Secondary outcomes include diagnostic accuracy, confidence, and satisfaction.

The trial uses a shared protocol across discipline-specific cohorts to allow consistent, pre-specified comparison of simulation-based versus lecture-based instruction.

Conditions

  • Clinical Reasoning
  • Medical Education
  • Simulation Training

Interventions

OTHER

Behavioral

Interactive, web-based clinical-reasoning simulation built on real patient video cases. Learners actively work through structured decision points (history, examination, differential diagnosis, investigation, management) and receive immediate feedback.

BEHAVIORAL

Lecture

Instructor-led didactic lecture delivering identical learning objectives through expert explanation and slides. Learners receive content passively, without interactive decision steps or video-based case progression.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Altinbas University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Omer Tontus, MD

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-05-20
Primary Completion
2026-06-01
Completion
2026-06-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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