Impact of Education and Training of Modified Rodnan Skin Scoring on the Reliability of Test

Seoul National University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Scleroderma, Systemic

Treatments: Other: Organized education course of Modified Rodnan Skin Scoring

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03219606

1715-133-856

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is evaluating the efficacy of organized education process of the modified Rodnan Skin Score (MRSS) in the systemic sclerosis. Ten physician in South Korea will be voluntarily enrolled and receive the organized training program, which encompass the lecture and demonstration of skin scoring by expert rheumatologist. Reliability and accuracy of the skin scoring before and after the education will be compared.

Full description

1. Participants Ten physicians who are voluntarily enrolled in the organized education course

2. Organized education course

3. Lecture: A expert rheumatologist (master instructor) give a lecture to explain the technique of MRSS.

4. Demonstration: Master instructor demonstrate the patient assessment without revealing his score.

5. Practical training: Participants assess the MRSS of 8 patients with systemic sclerosis. Two other expert rheumatologists

6. Protocol

7. Instructor pre-meeting: Three instructors including master instructor assess the MRSS of 8 systemic sclerosis patients. Modified Rodnan score drawn by arrangement among them is defined as standard score of each patient.

8. Pre-education scoring: Participants assess the MRSS of 8 patients before the education course.

9. Organized education course

10. Post-education scoring: Participants assess the MRSS of the same 8 patients after i) lecture and ii) demonstration of master instructor

11. written test: Participants take written examination regarding the MRSS before and after the education.

12. Outcomes

13. Inter-observer reliability of MRSS before and after the education

14. Change in difference between score measure by each participant and standard score after the educational course.

15. Change in the score of written test after the educational course.

Enrollment: 10 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Physician who voluntarily enroll the educational program.

Exclusion criteria

• Non-physician

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

education arm

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in education arm will have an organized education course of modified Rodnan Skin Scoring.

Treatment:

Other: Organized education course of Modified Rodnan Skin Scoring