C61
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: The intervention consists of a standardized training curriculum for the interpretation of transrectal micro-ultrasound images of the prostate. Participants first complete a two-day in-person
Sponsors
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Eligible participants are adult third-year medical students without any prior experience in the interpretation of transrectal micro-ultrasound prostate images. Participants must be willing to attend the two-day in-person training and the four-week case-based learning phase, have access to a computer with a mouse to use the provided software, and provide written informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Individuals with any previous experience in prostate micro-ultrasound interpretation, prior participation in related training studies or the Mannheim Micro-Ultrasound Curriculum, insufficient technical requirements, or lack of consent will be excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome is reader-level diagnostic accuracy for the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer in transrectal micro-ultrasound images. Accuracy is defined as the proportion of correctly classified cases (true positive and true negative) across the evaluated test cases and will be compared between baseline, post-training, and the longitudinal follow-up phase. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes include sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value of case classification, modelling of the learning curve over the study period, changes in inter-reader variability between participants, and within-reader performance changes based on repeated assessment of identical cases. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactMaximilian Philip Wessendorf
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg
Outcome results
None listed