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CompletedNCT02664025VEUpdated Sep 7, 2016

Simulation in Teaching Vaginal Examination

An interventional study of vaginal examination simulator in Healthy, sponsored by Assiut University. Completed at 1 site in Egypt. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-09-07.

Sponsored by Assiut University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
120
Allocation
Randomized
Sex
All
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Study summary

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.

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Conditions studied

  • Healthy

Keywords

  • teaching vaginal examination
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In context

Lead sponsor

Assiut University is the lead sponsor of 4,901 studies on the registry; 2,098 are open to participants now.

Of its 13 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Interns who refuse to participate in the study
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
120 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    simulation group

    Interns will carry out 10 VE on a simulator

    Procedure: vaginal examination simulator

  • No intervention
    Control group

    Interns who will not perform any simulated VE

Interventions

  • Procedurevaginal examination simulator
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. the improvement of vaginal examination accuracy score after practical training on simulators

    Time frame: 5 minutes

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Study locations

1 site
  • Ahmed Abbas
    Assiut, Cairo 002, Egypt
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 7, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02664025
Lead sponsor
Assiut University
Responsible party
Ahmed Mohamed Abbas (Lecturer, Assiut University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 26, 2016
Start date
Mar 2016
Primary completion
Aug 2016
Completion
Sep 2016
Last update
Sep 7, 2016

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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