A Phase 3 interventional study of training in visual search strategy and access to a library of chest x-rays without search strategy in Using Expert Visual Search Strategy to Train Students to Read the Chest X-ray, sponsored by Université de Montréal. Status unknown at 1 site in Canada. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2013-06-21.
Sponsored by Université de Montréal · Phase 3 and Interventional
Currently, teaching X-ray interpretation to medical students is not standardized, and is generally not very effective.
Objective: The goal of our study is to evaluate whether directly teaching an expert search strategy for x-ray interpretation to 3d year medical students is effective.
Methods:
Expected results:
The investigators expect the group trained in expert search strategy to show improved accuracy at reading chest x-rays, and an improvement in their visual search strategy
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Inclusion Criteria:
An expert's visual search strategy for reading the chest x-ray was recorded using a gaze tracking device. This strategy was reproduced using a dynamic cursor and will be made available to participants in the experimental group using an interactive website.
Other: training in visual search strategy
Participants will learn to read chest x-rays by having access to a library of chest x-rays identical to the one used by the experimental arm, but without the search strategy.
Other: access to a library of chest x-rays without search strategy
Improvement in medical student's visual search strategy at reading a chest x-ray
participants enrolled in the experimental group will be trained to learn the expert's search strategy for reading a chest x-ray. We hypothesize that by the end of the study period they will show an improved visual search strategy over students who were not trained in visual search but were taught through standard methods (interaction with clinician-educators during their clerkship rotations)
Time frame: 2 months
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