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NCT Number: NCT04621682

Non-technical Skills Training and Checklists Versus Standard Training With Checklists for Prevention of Medical Error

The purpose of this study is to reduce medical error by omitting management steps in medical crises. The Interventions will be: training in non-technical skills and checklists versus Control: standard training with checklists

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Key information

Conditions

Medical Emergencies

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Mario Andres Zamudio

Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

About this study

56 participants will be searched for simulation training, randomly assigned in assignment 1 to 1, the follow-up will be 10 days, the primary outcome will be Proportion of omissions of treatment steps per group, and secondary outcomes will be sought. Crisis resolution time, detection time. and discrimination from the crisis Global score of non-technical skills, Discriminated score between dimensions of non-technical skills, Student satisfaction and Incidence of inadequate crisis management.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • over 18 years old.
  • Final semester student of medicine at the University of Antioquia.
  • Have passed the theoretical knowledge exam for handling crisis events with a score of 100%.
  • On-site availability on training days

Exclusion criteria

  • Having received training in a specific crisis resource management course.
  • Refusing to participate

Treatment and study plan

Non technical skills and checklist training in simulation

Other

using structured debrifing, in three random medical simulation crises, training in non-technical skills will be carried out

Checklist training simulation

Other

using structured debrifing, in three random medical simulation crises, training in checklist will be carried out

Primary outcomes

  1. Medical error

    Time frame: 3 days after finishing the training

    Proportion of omission of treatment steps over the total number of steps per group.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall score on non-technical skills scale Ottawa

    Time frame: 3 days after finishing the training

    Mean interval difference per group between 1 to 45

    Brief Name: Ottawa Global Rating Scale (GRS) Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 45 Higher scores mean a better outcome

  2. score for each non-technical skill category on the ottawa scale

    Time frame: 3 days after finishing the training

    Mean interval difference per group between 1 to 7

    Brief Name: Ottawa Global Rating Scale (GRS)/ For Category Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 7 Higher scores mean a better outcome

  3. Crisis resolution time

    Time frame: 3 days after finishing the training

    Mean interval difference per group

  4. Time in detection and discrimination of the crisis

    Time frame: 3 days after finishing the training

    Mean interval difference per group

  5. Incidence of improper handling

    Time frame: 3 days after finishing the training

    relative risk

  6. Student understanding of strategies

    Time frame: 10 days after finishig the primary outcome

    qualitative analysis with grounded theory after conducting semi-structured interviews

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidad de Antioquia

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Non-technical Skills Training and Checklists Versus Standard Training With Checklists in Boarding School Students to Reduce Simulation Crisis Medical Error, Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Acronym: TECRISIS

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Nov 9, 2020
Registry last updated
Mar 8, 2022

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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