Peer-coaching to Teach Faculty Surgeons an Advanced Laparoscopic Skill

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Status: Completed

Conditions: Technical Skill; Laparoscopy; Coaching

Treatments: Behavioral: peer-coaching; Behavioral: conventional training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02505724

305-2013

Details and patient eligibility

About

This single-blinded randomized controlled trial assesses the efficacy of peer-coaching to teach novice surgical faculty an advanced laparoscopic skill.

Enrollment: 18 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• surgical faculty in the division of general surgery or obstetrics and gynaecology.
• novices in laparoscopic suturing (performed <20 intra-corporeal stiches and knots)

Exclusion criteria

• n/a

Trial design

18 participants in 2 patient groups

Conventional training

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants received access to a web-based tutorial for laparoscopic suturing and a box trainer for independent practice

Treatment:

Behavioral: conventional training

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants received access to a web-based tutorial for laparoscopic suturing and a box trainer for independent practice. In addition, they received two 1/2 hour peer-coaching sessions

Treatment:

Behavioral: peer-coaching