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NCT Number: NCT07106502

Learning to Palpate the Child's Testicles Using Simulation

Hypothesis is that better training of medical students in the examination of boy's external genitalia could improve the diagnosis of testicular position anomalies. To this end, investigators already have created a model to train testicle palpation and recognition of testicular position anomalies. So investigator set up a monocentric randomized controlled trial in wich the medical students will be randomized into 2 groups : a control group receiging only book-based theoretical instruction on the examination of the external genitalia and testicular position anomalies, and a mannequin group receibing, in addition to this conventionnal instruction, simulation training on the mannequin Medical students will then attend a consultation with a child whose reason for coming to the hospital is a testicular positioning anomaly. Students clinical examination will be scored by the consulting senior, and the final diagnosis retained by the student will be compared with that retained by the consulting senior. The aim is to show that medical students who have trained on this new model are better, in terms of clinical examination and diagnostic, than students in the control group.

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Key information

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Medical student who volunteers to take part in the study during their pediatric or pediatric surgery clerkship or at the simulation center

Exclusion criteria

  • student non in pediatric intership or non in pediatric surgery intership or non at the simulation center intership
  • Student with previous simulation training in the examination of the external genitalia of children

Treatment and study plan

testicular palpation training on a mannequin

Procedure

Study of testicular palpation training on a mannequin on the ability to perform a testicular examination and diagnose testicular positioning abnormalities

Primary outcomes

  1. Rate of correct diagnoses

    Time frame: Baseline

    The primary outcome will be the rate of correct diagnoses made by the medical students compared with the diagnosis made by the consultant surgeon.

Secondary outcomes

  1. clinical examination score from 0 to 20

    Time frame: Baseline

    to assess the student's clinical skills and the quality of the physical examination

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Louise RENOULT

CONTACT

[email protected]

2 41 35 42 90 ext. +33

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Angers

Other Gov

Registry information

Acronym: PaTenSim

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Aug 6, 2025
Registry last updated
Aug 6, 2025

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