Simulation in Teaching Vaginal Examination (VE)

Assiut University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Procedure: vaginal examination simulator

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02664025

VE

Details and patient eligibility

About

Teaching technical skills during medical training can lead to some issues, which can concern ethical or medico-legal risks. In this context, the vaginal examination (VE) is specific because it concerns the genital area and it interferes with obstetrical management.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Interns who finished their study in faculty of medicine
• Interns who never performed VE before
• Interns who accept to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Interns who refuse to participate in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

simulation group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Interns will carry out 10 VE on a simulator

Treatment:

Procedure: vaginal examination simulator

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Interns who will not perform any simulated VE