Clinical trials: Skill Retention
Hemorrhage
Retention of Tourniquet Application Skills Following Participation in a Bleeding Control Course
Prospective, observational study of students 6 months after completing a Stop the Bleed course to determine overall ability to effectively use a tourniquet to stop external extremity hemorrhage.
- Trial name
- NCT03762863
- Testing
- Tourniquet application skill retention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Somerville Office of Emergency Management
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgical Skill Enhancement Using Transcranial Stimulation
Recent changes in medical training environments and restrictive work-hour regulations have greatly impacted trainees, limiting the number of opportunities to gain proficiency in procedural skills.
- Trial name
- LETS-LEARN (NCT02987816)
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Retention of Basic Surgical Skills, Surgical Skills Performance Score
Comparison of Peyton's Four-Step Approach and Halsted's 'See One, Do One' Method for Teaching Basic Surgical Skills
This study aimed to compare Halsted's "See One, Do One" method with Peyton's Four-Step Approach for teaching basic surgical skills to undergraduate medical students in a simulated skills-laboratory setting at Department of…
- Trial name
- NCT07735026
- Testing
- Halsted's approach, Peyton's approach
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dow University of Health Sciences
Clinical Skills Education, Peer Support Interventions
Effect of Digital Interactive and Face-to-Face Peer Support on Medical Students' Clinical Skill Performance, Reflection Skills, and Retention of Clinical Skills
This randomized educational trial compares two peer-support approaches for teaching clinical skills to medical students. Participants are randomly assigned to one of three groups: (1) Digital interactive peer support delivered…
- Conditions
- Clinical Skills Education, Peer Support Interventions, Medical Students, Objective Structured Clinical Examination
- Trial name
- NCT07186569
- Testing
- Digital Interactive Peer Support, Face-to-Face Peer Support, Standard Training (Control)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Skill Performance, Knowledge
Standard Two-Day Advanced Life Support (ALS) Versus One Day Recertification Course
this study aims to compare the effectiveness of a one-day versus two-day ALS recertification course in terms of knowledge retention, practical skills performance, participant satisfaction, and confidence.
- Trial name
- NCT07358741
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 158 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Hepatology & Tropical Medicine Research Institute
Intubation; Difficult or Failed, Educational Problems
Difficult Airway Simulation-based Training
Difficult airways remain a significant problem in anaesthesia, intensive care and emergency medicine. Simulation-based training gives better outcomes compared to non-simulation and non-intervention education.
- Conditions
- Intubation; Difficult or Failed, Educational Problems, Critical Illness
- Trial name
- NCT05913492
- Testing
- Simulation training
- Where
- Ukraine
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bogomolets National Medical University
Basic Life Support
Early or Late Booster for Basic Life Support?
Attrition of skills after basic life support (BLS) training is common. Psychology studies have established that for basic memory recall tasks, spaced learning strategies improve retention.
- Trial name
- NCT02998723
- Testing
- Early Booster Teaching, Late Booster Teaching
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures
Enhancing Laparoscopic Skill Acquisition and Retention With Transcranial Direct-current Stimulation
Recent changes in medical training environments and restrictive work-hour regulations have greatly impacted trainees, limiting the number of opportunities to gain proficiency in procedural skills.
- Trial name
- NCT02756052
- Testing
- Anodal Transcranial direct-current stimulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Long-term Retention of Advanced Cardiac Life Support Skills
Does Instruction on Cognitive Aid Use Improve Performance and Retention of Skills?
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether formal instruction on the use of cognitive aids in managing a crisis will result in better longterm retention of knowledge and skills.
- Trial name
- NCT01646372
- Testing
- Standard Simulation Based ACLS Refresher Teaching, Cognitive Aid based ACLS Refresher training
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Ventilation Skills Acquisition and Retention, Ventilation Knowledge Acquisition and Retention
Ventilation Knowledge and Skills Retention Using a Novel Tool, the Augmented Infant Resuscitator (AIR) Device as an Instant-feedback Tool
Babies born not breathing at birth require effective gentle ventilation to survive and avert organ damage if initial resuscitation steps such as drying, and stimulation are unsuccessful at facilitating breathing.
- Trial name
- Sim-II (NCT04889001)
- Testing
- Simulation enhanced HBB training
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Neonatal Encephalopathy, Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) Training
Video-Debriefing for Improved Competence Among Skilled Birth Attendants in Lira District-Northern Uganda
Helping babies breathe (HBB) is a neonatal resuscitation training program for low-resource settings to health care workers to provide prompt respiratory support to save babies at birth.
- Trial name
- V-DICAS (NCT03703622)
- Testing
- Video-debriefing with standard HBB training compared with standard HBB training only
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
Basic Life Support, Cardiac Arrest
Mastery Learning Versus Time-based Education: Skill Acquisition and Retention of Basic Life Support in Laypeople
Background: In cardiac arrest survival rates dramatically increase when bystanders are present and initiate Basic Life Support (BLS).
- Trial name
- NCT02059395
- Testing
- Mastery based learning, Time based learning
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Risk Reduction
Assessment of Skill Retention in Clinical Practice
Teaching program population: Participants in Hadassah Ein Kerem ultrasound training day - Anesthesia residents Exclusion criteria: Refusal to participate, insufficient understanding of written English used in the questionnaires…
- Trial name
- NCT02510196
- Testing
- reminder
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization
Cortical Excitability, Primary Motor Cortex
rTMS Induced Reduction in M1 Excitability
When learning a new skill, much of the improvement comes from small alterations the brain makes with each repetition during practice, but this isn't the only time that improvements are made during the learning process.
- Conditions
- Cortical Excitability, Primary Motor Cortex, Motor Skills
- Trial name
- NCT07588113
- Testing
- rTMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Assessment of CPR Skills Acquisition and Retention: Impact of Technology and Self-training
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency maneuver used on a victim who is in cardiac arrest. Early and efficient CPR, with a focus on chest compressions, is a key element in increasing victim survival.
- Trial name
- TrainCPR (NCT05493189)
- Testing
- Additional autonomous training sessions
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade do Porto
Crisis Resource Management, Flipped Classroom
Applying Flipped Learning Concepts to Simulation: the Effect on the Retention of Non-technical Skills
The primary objective of this study is to assess if letting learners know in advance what medical illnesses will be practiced in an upcoming simulation session and providing them with instruction regarding that medical content…
- Trial name
- FlippedSim (NCT03470818)
- Testing
- Preparatory instructional videos (flipped classroom model)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
Cardiac Arrest, Out-Of-Hospital
Gathering Evidence on Best Practices for Lay Rescuer CPR Training
The goal of this prospective trial is to compare CPR skill and attitudes in lay rescuers. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: What is the optimal training timing, duration, and frequency for lay rescuers that leads to CPR…
- Trial name
- NCT05908500
- Testing
- CPR Training, CPR Manikin Type
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nevada, Reno
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Skill Retention in Medical Students
Basic Life Support Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Refresher in MS2 at St George's University
175 second year medical students were assessed on their BLS CPR skill retention after an approximate one year after taking the initial certification class, and the investigators assessed which type of refresher course would be…
- Trial name
- NCT01832012
- Testing
- Multimedia, Hands-on practice
- Where
- Grenada
- Volunteers
- 175 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation
Fractures, Bone
Learning Retention in Radiograph Interpretation
Learning retention after the deliberate practice of radiograph interpretation may be challenging for image types which are common enough to be clinically relevant but not so common that proficiency can be sustained through…
- Trial name
- NCT03370900
- Testing
- Testing
- Volunteers
- 233 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Postpartum Hemorrhage, Simulation Training
Simulation for the Retention of Skills in the Management of Obstetric Hemorrhages
The aim of this study is to evaluate the retention of knowledge and skills after theory+simulation training versus theoretical training alone in postpartum haemorrhage immediately, 3 months and 6 months after training in South…
- Conditions
- Postpartum Hemorrhage, Simulation Training, Healthcare Providers
- Trial name
- SimHPP (NCT05979701)
- Testing
- Simulation training
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université Evangélique enAfrique