Questionnaire Survey of the Advanced Training Program for Laparoscopic Radical Gastrectomy

This study aims to evaluate the outcomes of the advanced training program for laparoscopic radical gastrectomy (ATP-LRG). The research subjects are the trainees who participated in this training program.

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Key information

Conditions

Gastric Cancer Digestive System Diseases Digestive System Neoplasms Gastrointestinal Diseases Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Stomach Diseases Stomach Neoplasms

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Fujian Medical University Union Hospital

Fuzhou, Fujian, 350001, China

About this study

Written informed consent is not required because of the observational and anonymous nature of this study. ATP-LRG is a national training program carried out by Fujian Medical University Union Hospital. Each training lasts about 1.5 days, which includes 1) detailed technique description; 2) prevention and solving of intraoperative complications; 3) live surgery performance; 4) theory and practice of clinical research; 5) comments on trainees' videos; and 6) questions, answers and discussions. In this study, 875 trainees who participated in ATP-LRG from January 2015 to October 2020 were interviewed using electronic questionnaires. Using a repeated-measures design to examine differences in outcomes before and after participating in the training. Questionnaire Star (Changsha Ranxing Information Technology Co., Ltd), a most widely used professional online questionnaire software platform in China, was used to design and create a link to the questionnaire. The questionnaire's link was sent to each trainee via WeChat (Tencent Holdings Limited), the most commonly used social networking software in China.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

Participated in ATP-LRG between January 2015 and October 2020
Have contact information

Exclusion criteria

Repeated participation in ATP-LRG
Refuse to fill out the questionnaire

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Change of general surgical skills score

Time frame: One year after participating in ATP-LRG

Change of general surgical skills score = posttraining general surgical skills score - pretraining general surgical skills score. Scores were evaluated using questionares.

Secondary outcomes

Changes of laparoscopic gastrectomy acceptance score

Time frame: One year after participating in ATP-LRG

Changes of laparoscopic gastrectomy acceptance score = posttraining laparoscopic gastrectomy acceptance score - pretraining laparoscopic gastrectomy acceptance score. Scores were evaluated using questionares.
Changes of clinical research possibilities score

Time frame: One year after participating in ATP-LRG

Changes of clinical research possibilities score= posttraining clinical research possibilities score - pretraining clinical research possibilities score. Scores were evaluated using questionares.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Fujian Medical University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Outcomes of the National Advanced Training Program for Laparoscopic Radical Gastrectomy: a Survey Based on Follow-up Questionnaire

Acronym: ATP-LRG-1

Important dates

Study start: 2021
Primary completion: 2021
Study completion: 2021
First posted: Feb 2, 2022
Registry last updated: May 10, 2022

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