Repeated Versus Varied Simulation Scenarios to Teach Medical Students the Management of a Pediatric Asthma Exacerbation (REVAR)

Ilumens

Status: Completed

Conditions: Education, Medical

Treatments: Other: Repeated scenarios; Other: Variation of scenarios

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02754310

ILUMENS0001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Repeated exposure to simulated cases has been shown to improve performance, but repeating the same scenario may impair the ability of learners to transfer their knowledge and skills to slightly different situations. The objective of this study is to compare the use of repeated versus varied simulation cases for teaching the management of pediatric asthma exacerbation to 3rd year medical students.

Enrollment: 85 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Third year medical students from Paris Descartes and Paris Diderot medical faculties.
• Who are not opposed to participated in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Opposition to participate in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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85 participants in 2 patient groups

Repeated scenarios

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in the repeated scenario group will learn the management of a pediatric asthma exacerbation on the same scenario repeated three times. The scenario is a pediatric moderate asthma exacerbation not responding to treatment, .

Treatment:

Other: Repeated scenarios

Varied scenarios

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the varied scenarios group will learn the management of a pediatric asthma exacerbation on three different scenarios: a moderate asthma exacerbation, a mild one, and a severe one, for the same length of time than the "repeated scenarios" group. In this group, there is a variation of scenarios.

Treatment:

Other: Variation of scenarios