Healthy
Conditions
Keywords
post graduate surgical education, video coaching, Surgical education, coaching
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if video coaching is an efficient way of teaching surgical skills outside of the operating room for surgical residents.
Detailed description
Coaching relates to a cooperative process between a coach and a coachee, which includes providing objective and constructive feedback to help a \[coachee\] recognize what works and what can be improved. In our study the investigators will be filming general surgery residents while making a side to side anastomosis on a dog's cadaveric small bowel. Half of the participants will be randomized in the intervention group and will take part in a half hour coaching session with a surgeon. In this coaching session both resident and surgeon will watch the resident's filmed anastomosis and constructive feedback will be given by the surgeon. An inanimate model of bowel anastomosis will be available at the moment of the coaching to allow the surgeon to demonstrate the desired improvements. Once all the residents in the intervention group will have completed their coaching session, both control and intervention group will be filmed making a second side to side anastomosis. All the video taken will then be pooled in a random order. A blinded surgeon will then analyse each video taken with the objective structured assessment of technical skills (OSATS) tool. The hypothesis is that the residents who received an half-hour coaching session will have significantly improved their OSATS score compared to the control group between the first and second anastomosis.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALVideo coaching session
A 30 minute video coaching session with a surgeon in witch the residaent and coach visualise the filmed anastomosis and where the surgeon gives constructive feedback.
Sponsors
Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Residents from PGY-1 to PGY-4 in general surgery at Université de Montreal
Exclusion criteria
* PGY-5 in general surgery at université de Montreal ( because they are studying for their Board exams ) * Did no sing consent form
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in (Objective structured assessment of technical skills) OSATS score at baseline and after the coaching session. | assessed at both first and second filmed anastomosis for both groups with about 1 month apart. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Resident satisfaction questionnaire | Once every resident has completed his coaching session about two weeks after the first anastomosis. | Questionnaire aiming to know if video coaching is something the participants think is useful. |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed