Transfer of urethral catheterization (UC) skills from simulation training to performance on real clinical

Transfer of urethral catheterization (UC) skills from simulation training to performance on real clinical: a randomized controlled trial of the additional effect of video instruction

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN90745002

Enrollment

104

Registered

2012-02-20

Start date

2010-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2016-10-17

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Conditions

Medical education Surgery

Interventions

The participants were randomised to a video group or a control group when they arrived at the hospital for the transfer-test. The video group watched a five minutes long video instruction of urethra

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The participants were a volunteer sample of third year medical students at Copenhagen University. All students were invited by email to participate in the study and were included on a first come, first served principle

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Students with previous clinical experience in performing UC

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Urethral catheterization performance on patients were assessed using a form with 15 items, each to be scored on a scale of 0-4, where 4 indicated best performance	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
An overall assessment in the form including five categories: poor, unacceptable, acceptable, good, and excellent performance	—

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 24, 2026