Clinical trials: Surgical Technical Skill
Suture Techniques, Training Effectiveness
Online vs. In-Person Suturing Training: A Non-Inferiority Randomized Controlled Trial in a Low-Resource Setting
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess whether online suturing training is non-inferior to in-person training in developing suturing skills among medical students at Yarmouk University in a low-resource setting.
- Conditions
- Suture Techniques, Training Effectiveness, Online Education, Student Education
- Trial name
- RCT (NCT07038525)
- Testing
- Suturing training
- Where
- Jordan
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Diala Burjak
Vaginal Hysterectomy
Effect of Validated Skills Simulation With the Miya Model
Simulation training with the Miya Model will improve Operating Room performance of Vaginal Hysterectomy (VH) in novice surgeons and this phase of the study is designed to test that.
- Trial name
- NCT05418764
- Testing
- Miyamodel Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
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
Cardiac, Surgery (Cardiac)
AI-Generated Video Feedback to Improve Technical Skills in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
This study aims to evaluate whether targeted video feedback generated by an artificial intelligence (AI)-based surgical performance assessment model can support improvement in technical skills among cardiac surgeons performing…
- Conditions
- Cardiac, Surgery (Cardiac), Education, Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Trial name
- NCT07400172
- Testing
- AI-Guided Video Feedback Intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- China National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases
Surgery
Development and Validation of a Virtual Teaching Method for Minimally Invasive Surgery Skills
The goal of this observational study is to develop and evaluate a virtual teaching method for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) skills among novice learners, using widely available technology and incorporating objective…
- Trial name
- NCT06355596
- Testing
- Virtual teaching
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
No Disease or Condition is Being Studied, Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive
Hand Versus Foot Controls for Robotic Surgery Simulation
Why is the study being done? Robotic-assisted surgery offers high precision and ergonomic benefits, but it requires specialized console skills that differ significantly from traditional open or laparoscopic surgery.
- Trial name
- CLUTCH WAR (NCT07618429)
- Testing
- Hand Clutch, Foot Clutch
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prince of Songkla University
FLIPPED CLASSROOM METHODS, Traditional Classroom-Based Learning
Comparison of Flipped vs Traditional Classroom Teaching for Primary Surgical Skills in Postgraduate Surgical Trainees
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the flipped classroom approach in improving the surgical skills of MS Surgery and allied specialty trainees compared with the traditional classroom method.
- Conditions
- FLIPPED CLASSROOM METHODS, Traditional Classroom-Based Learning, Surgical Skill Training
- Trial name
- NCT07729176
- Testing
- flipped classroom, traditional method of teaching,
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Health Sciences Lahore
Teaching Method
Live-streaming Vs Face-to-face Teaching Method Effectiveness in Training Surgical Clerkship
The goal of this observational study is to assess objectively whether teaching for simple wound sutures via Live-Streaming (LS) using Go-pro® has the same effectiveness as the traditional Face-to-face (FTF) teaching.
- Trial name
- LS vs FTF (NCT06221917)
- Testing
- Face-to-face, Live-streaming
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pelita Harapan University
Teaching Basic Surgical Techniques
Video-based Learning for Basic Surgical Skills
This is a prospective randomized study, intended to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching basic surgical techniques through video, comparing the results with those of traditional teaching
- Trial name
- NCT06571903
- Testing
- Teaching from videos
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade do Porto
Surgical Technical Skill, Technical Errors in Surgery
Comprehensive Surgical Coaching
Simulation in surgical skills training is widely accepted as a necessary step to improve surgical training outside the operating room. Simulation predominately focuses on teaching a specific task or procedure.
- Trial name
- NCT01875679
- Testing
- Comprehensive Surgical Coaching, Conventional Surgical Training
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Technical Skills Training
Group Dynamics in Surgical Skill Training
The investigators have planned a randomized study, examining the effect of self-directed training in groups vs. individual training on trainees' acquisitions of open surgical skills.
- Trial name
- NCT02895685
- Testing
- Dyad training
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation
Clinical Skills
Device Briefing Tool and Surgical Safety Checklist Implementation
The investigators aim to implement a quality improvement initiative using the device briefing tool (DBT) and the Safe Surgery Checklist (SSC) and to evaluate its effect on patient safety measures and on safety culture with the…
- Trial name
- NCT05123495
- Testing
- Device Briefing Tool, Surgical Safety Checklist
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 294 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- James Etheridge
Surgery
Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS) Evaluation of Delivery by Vacuum Extraction
In a prospective, randomized Trial, the investigators compare Hands-on teaching and frontal teaching using a Training Video for learning how to perform an assisted delivery by vacuum extraction on a pelvic Training model.
- Trial name
- VAC-OSATS (NCT02468427)
- Testing
- hands-on teaching, Frontal teaching
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 137 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ruhr University of Bochum
Other Surgical Procedures
Objective Assessment of Technical Skills in Cardiothoracic Surgery
The goal of this research study is to develop a method of rating videos of CAB procedures that will produce a reliable assessment of a cardiothoracic surgical trainee's technical proficiency.
- Trial name
- NCT01433029
- Testing
- Surgical Video Assessments, Video Recording of CAB
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Medical Education, Laparoscopic Surgery
Evaluation in a Multimodal Structured Curriculum of Laparoscopic Surgery
Development of Laparoscopic surgery skills for general surgery residents are considered competencies of major importance. Different tools are used for this purpose, including synthetic models, virtual reality, animal models and…
- Trial name
- EDU-SURGERY (NCT06579456)
- Testing
- Surgical Training Intervention, Positive Control, Negative Control
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Los Andes, Columbia
Lung Cancer
Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Teams' Perception of Non-technical Skills
Good non-technical skills (NTS) have been shown to prevent adverse events and errors. Improvements of NTS can be achieved by simulation based-team training.The NTS of the operating theatre team performing video-assisted…
- Trial name
- NCT02679872
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation
Patient Care Team, Coronary Artery Disease
Developing an Intervention to Improve the Non-Technical Skills of the Cardiac Surgical Teams
Teams of several medical professionals conduct high-risk cardiac surgical procedures. These professionals work in complex, stressful operating room environments requiring effective communication and teamwork skills.
- Conditions
- Patient Care Team, Coronary Artery Disease, Coronary Artery Bypass, Surgery
- Trial name
- NCT06257511
- Testing
- Simulation-Based Mastery Learning of the Non-technical skills
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Surgical Education
Validation of a Curriculum (STAC) for Technical Skill Acquisition in Minimally Invasive Surgery
This study describes the development and validation of a structured training and assessment curriculum (STAC) for a basic laparoscopic procedure.
- Trial name
- NCT01560494
- Testing
- STAC curriculum
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Surgery
Peer- and Self-rating of Open Surgery Skills
The study group want to investigate whether doctors, who are in the beginning of their training to become surgeons, can rate themself and their peers using Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills.
- Trial name
- self-rate (NCT02968407)
- Testing
- Peer- and self-rating
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation
Complications of Medical and Surgical Care (Y62-Y84)
Students' Hand Hygiene Beliefs, Practices and Skills
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to determine the effect of hand hygiene training given to home patient care students with different methods on their hand hygiene beliefs, practices and skills.
- Trial name
- SHHBPS (NCT06403956)
- Testing
- Training with video, Training with paint
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Çankırı Karatekin University