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Status unknownNCT04922203Updated Jun 10, 2021

Transfer of Non-technical Skills From Simulation to Clinical Practice

An interventional study of in Situ Simulation in in Situ Simulation, sponsored by Jean François Brichant. Status unknown at 1 site in Belgium. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-06-10.

Sponsored by Jean François Brichant · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jun 2021), so the status shown — last known as Enrolling by invitation — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Randomized
Sex
All
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Study summary

Since 1988, simulation has been proposed as a teaching tool in Anesthesia. The simulation environment allows to teach learners non-technical skills which are a combination of cognitive, social, and personal resources complementary to procedural skills that contribute to an efficient and safe performance.

Non-technical skills traditionally used in Anesthesia are task management, situational awareness, teamwork and decision making. They can be indirectly measured with validated scales (e.g. Anesthesia Non-Technical Skills (ANTS) system). In addition to these basic skills, specific skills such as Anesthesia Crisis Resource Management (ACRM) are required when the patient presents a critical clinical situation.

Simulation, as proposed by Gaba, was initially practiced in centers specifically designed for this purpose. More recently, we have proposed the model of in situ simulation, i.e. in the usual workplace with the usual work team, as another option for the practice of simulation.

There are many theories about the transfer of learning. Transfer can be defined as what remains of the completed training that the learner actually uses, i.e. the final real effect.

Nevertheless, almost 30 years after the introduction of simulation in the training of anesthesiologists, data demonstrating the interest of this teaching in terms of transfer of learning of non-technical skills to clinical practice or benefits for patients are rare.

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the transfer of non-technical skills taught in a training program including in situ simulation to clinical practice by anesthesiology residents.

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Conditions studied

  • in Situ Simulation
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In context

Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Jean François Brichant as lead sponsor.

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
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Internship in the ambulatory surgery unit

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Refusal to participate
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    Control group

    Anesthesiology residents do not receive any in situ simulation sessions during the observation period

  • Experimental
    Simulation group

    Anesthesiology residents receive in situ simulations sessions during the observation period

    Other: in Situ Simulation

Interventions

  • Otherin Situ Simulation

    2 sessions of in situ simulation with 4 crisis scenarios and debriefing focused on non technical skills

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. ANTS (Anesthesia non technical skills) score

    15 items - From 1(poor) to 4 (good) for each item - Minimum 15 - Maximum 60

    Time frame: Once a day for 5 consecutive days between the first and the 15th day after enrollment in the study

  2. ANTS (Anesthesia non technical skills) score

    15 items - From 1(poor) to 4 (good) for each item - Minimum 15 - Maximum 60

    Time frame: Once a day for 5 consecutive days between the 30th and 45th day after enrollment

  3. ANTS (Anesthesia non technical skills) score

    15 items - From 1(poor) to 4 (good) for each item - Minimum 15 - Maximum 60

    Time frame: Once a day for 5 consecutive days between the 3rd and the 4th month after enrollment

Secondary outcomes

  1. DOPS (Direct Observation of Procedural Skills) scale

    Time frame: Once within the first 15 days of enrollment

  2. DOPS (Direct Observation of Procedural Skills) scale

    Time frame: Once between the 30th and the 45th day after enrollment

  3. DOPS (Direct Observation of Procedural Skills) scale

    Time frame: Once between the 3rd and the 4th month after enrollment

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Study locations

1 site
  • CHU de Liège - Sart-Tilman
    Liège, 4000, Belgium
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 10, 2021, 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
NCT04922203
Lead sponsor
Jean François Brichant
Responsible party
Jean François Brichant (Sponsor, University of Liege) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Jun 10, 2021
Start date
May 28, 2021
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 30, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 10, 2021

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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