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NCT Number: NCT02537301

Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography(ERCP)-Related Discussion Through a Mobile Social App by a Group of Doctors

Group chat through the platform of mobile social networking provides an easily accessible, real-time and interactive channel for communication. With the help of mobile social app, a group of doctors with similar interests can share valuable cases, important papers and opinions through multiple media types (texts, images, and videos). It remains unknown what activities of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography(ERCP) doctors on a group-chat platform are.

In the beginning of 2013, a chatting group on Wechat (the most popular mobile social app in China), focusing on ERCP, was created. All the doctors who received and finished their ERCP training in Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases were invited to join in the platform. The contents in the chatting group were analyzed. The relationships between the chatting activities of ERCP doctors and the performance of ERCP (such as case volume, cannulation success rate and PEP etc.) were investigated.

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Key information

Conditions

Healthy

Age range

18 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases

Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Doctors who received and finished their ERCP training in Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases and joined in a chatting group in a mobile social app (Wechat).

Exclusion criteria

  • Unable to join in the chatting group
  • Unable to finish the questionaire
  • Denying participating in the study

Treatment and study plan

joining in the platform

Other

The activities (contents, chatting frequency etc.) of ERCP doctors on the chatting group were retrospectively extracted. The data related to the performance of ERCP (such as case volume, cannulation success rate and PEP etc.) by ERCP doctors were collected by a questionaire.

Primary outcomes

  1. Chatting frequency

    Time frame: 1 year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Difficulty grade of the discussed case

    Time frame: 1 year

  2. Number of biliary duct-related cases

    Time frame: 1 year

  3. ERCP performance volumes

    Time frame: 1 year

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Air Force Military Medical University, China

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography(ERCP)-Related Discussion Through a Mobile Social App by Trainees After Finishing ERCP Training

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Sep 1, 2015
Registry last updated
Jan 12, 2016

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