An interventional study of testicular palpation training on a mannequin in Testicular Positioning Anomalies and Cryptorchidism, sponsored by University Hospital, Angers. Not yet recruiting. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-08-06.
Sponsored by University Hospital, Angers · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic
Hypothesis is that better training of medical students in the examination of boy's external genitalia could improve the diagnosis of testicular position anomalies. To this end, investigators already have created a model to train testicle palpation and recognition of testicular position anomalies. So investigator set up a monocentric randomized controlled trial in wich the medical students will be randomized into 2 groups : a control group receiging only book-based theoretical instruction on the examination of the external genitalia and testicular position anomalies, and a mannequin group receibing, in addition to this conventionnal instruction, simulation training on the mannequin Medical students will then attend a consultation with a child whose reason for coming to the hospital is a testicular positioning anomaly. Students clinical examination will be scored by the consulting senior, and the final diagnosis retained by the student will be compared with that retained by the consulting senior. The aim is to show that medical students who have trained on this new model are better, in terms of clinical examination and diagnostic, than students in the control group.
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This study's planned enrollment of 62 is below the median of 70 across 26 interventional studies indexed under Cryptorchidism.
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Procedure: testicular palpation training on a mannequin
Study of testicular palpation training on a mannequin on the ability to perform a testicular examination and diagnose testicular positioning abnormalities
Rate of correct diagnoses
The primary outcome will be the rate of correct diagnoses made by the medical students compared with the diagnosis made by the consultant surgeon.
Time frame: Baseline
clinical examination score from 0 to 20
to assess the student's clinical skills and the quality of the physical examination
Time frame: Baseline
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Plan to share: Undecided
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