Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography(ERCP)-Related Discussion Through a Mobile Social App by a Group of Doctors

Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography(ERCP)-Related Discussion Through a Mobile Social App by Trainees After Finishing ERCP Training

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02537301

Enrollment

Registered

2015-09-01

Start date

2015-06-30

Completion date

2016-01-31

Last updated

2016-01-12

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Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography, social networking, group chat

Brief summary

Group chat through the platform of mobile social networking provides an easily accessible, real-time and interactive channel for communication. With the help of mobile social app, a group of doctors with similar interests can share valuable cases, important papers and opinions through multiple media types (texts, images, and videos). It remains unknown what activities of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography(ERCP) doctors on a group-chat platform are. In the beginning of 2013, a chatting group on Wechat (the most popular mobile social app in China), focusing on ERCP, was created. All the doctors who received and finished their ERCP training in Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases were invited to join in the platform. The contents in the chatting group were analyzed. The relationships between the chatting activities of ERCP doctors and the performance of ERCP (such as case volume, cannulation success rate and PEP etc.) were investigated.

Interventions

OTHERjoining in the platform

The activities (contents, chatting frequency etc.) of ERCP doctors on the chatting group were retrospectively extracted. The data related to the performance of ERCP (such as case volume, cannulation success rate and PEP etc.) by ERCP doctors were collected by a questionaire.

Study design

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Doctors who received and finished their ERCP training in Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases and joined in a chatting group in a mobile social app (Wechat).

Exclusion criteria

* Unable to join in the chatting group * Unable to finish the questionaire * Denying participating in the study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Chatting frequency	1 year

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Difficulty grade of the discussed case	1 year
Number of biliary duct-related cases	1 year
ERCP performance volumes	1 year

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026