Comparison of Two Summative Assessment Methods in Advanced Life Support Courses

Several approaches for summative assessment during Advanced Life Support courses are used. The most commonly used method during European Resuscitation (ERC) Council Life Support Courses is that 1 instructor is miming a whole team, and the candidate has to lead this "team" through a scenario; another variant of the summative assessment (mainly used by American Heart Association (AHA) Courses) is with a group of students, where one student is the team leader to be assessed and the others are his team not being assessed. The second approach might be more realistic; however there is no evidence around with regard to effectiveness (pass/fail rate, ability to test non-technical skills (NTS)) or participant/assessor satisfaction.

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Key information

Conditions

Self-Assessment

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Bern

Bern, Switzerland

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

All medical students at the University of Bern, study year 2017/2018, 5th and 6th study year

Exclusion criteria

Refusal to participate

Treatment and study plan

Assessment

Other

different assessments in both arms

Primary outcomes

Team leadership

Time frame: 1 minute after the assessment is completed

Subjective rating of team leadership

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

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Registry information

Official study title

Comparison of Two Summative Assessment Methods in Advanced Life Support Courses - a Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start: 2017
Primary completion: 2019
Study completion: 2019
First posted: Jan 26, 2018
Registry last updated: Feb 5, 2020

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