Mnemonic for the Ottawa Ankle Rule

St. Justine's Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ankle Trauma; Education

Treatments: Other: control; Other: 44-55-66-PM

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00652353

44-55-66-PM

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate wether the use of a mnemonic strategy could improve the recall of the Ottawa Ankle and foot Rules' guidelines among medical students and residents

Enrollment: 191 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being a medical student in rotation in pediatrics at CHU Sainte-Justine
• Being a resident in pediatric emergency rotation at CHU Sainte-Justine

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

191 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be given a standardized information sheet providing a mnemonics to help remember the Ottawa Ankle and foot Rules.

Treatment:

Other: 44-55-66-PM

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Placebo Comparator group

Description:

control group

Treatment:

Other: control