Coaching Language to Improve Endoscopy Training Quality (CLIEnT)

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Education, Medical; Colonoscopy

Treatments: Other: Educational Training on standardized coaching language; Other: Educational Training on goal setting

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05674500

STU-2021-0829

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this randomized control study is to determine if the use of standardized coaching language by faculty trainers for teaching colonoscopy is associated with improved colonoscopy performance. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• If the use of standardized coaching language is effective in improving colonoscopy training?
• If the use of standardized coaching language influences the clarity of instructions by the faculty trainers during colonoscopy teaching Participants will take part in simulated colonoscopy teaching encounter using a virtual reality simulator for 1 hour in 2 different sessions 2 weeks apart.

Researchers will compare 2 groups of faculty trainers to to see if the standardized coaching language effects the colonoscopy training quality.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Faculty members who are endoscopy trainers in either pediatric or adult gastroenterology division at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center or Children's Medical Center, Dallas
• Fellow trainees in pediatric or adult gastroenterology division at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center or Children's Medical Center, Dallas

Exclusion criteria

• Advanced endoscopy fellows
• Fellows beyond Post-Graduate Year-6 (PGY-6)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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25 participants in 2 patient groups

Training Group

Experimental group

Description:

Faculty participants will participate in educational training designed to teach them standardized coaching language for endoscopy instruction and strategies to promote effective communication during an endoscopy teaching. It will be comprised of: 1. A 15-minute-long training video demonstrating the use of recommended coaching language for endoscopy instruction (e.g., recommended 14 standard terms, need to refer to the screen when directing a trainee as opposed to their hands, use of a clockface analogy) and communication best practices (e.g., checking to ensure understanding, avoidance of cognitive overload, task deconstruction) 2. The faculty will be given a small (10x10 cm) flash card with the recommended 14 standard terms which they can access during the second simulated encounter. To control for any potential effect of the presence of the card on the trainee during teaching, each faculty be given an identical card with 14 random words on it to hold during the first encounter

Treatment:

Other: Educational Training on standardized coaching language

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Faculty participants will take part in 'dummy' educational training comprised of: 1. A 15-minute-long 'dummy' colonoscopy training video which outlines how to set goals ahead of an endoscopy training session. The video will not discuss standardized coaching language and/or communication best practices 2. This group will also be provided a small (10x10cm) flash card but with random words on it (identical to the first simulated colonoscopy teaching encounter).

Treatment:

Other: Educational Training on goal setting