Technical Skills Training Programme for Conducting Vacuum Assisted Deliveries

Technical Skills Training Programme for Conducting Vacuum Assisted Deliveries - a Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03111498

Enrollment

Registered

2017-04-12

Start date

2017-03-09

Completion date

2020-02-13

Last updated

2021-02-23

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Conditions

Training VAD

Keywords

Vacuum assisted delivery, technical skills, training

Brief summary

Training is very important for acquisition and maintenance of obstetric skills. As a one-to-one practical teaching needs time and personal resources, the investigators want to prove the benefit and necessity of the one-to-one training program compared to a theory-based training program in conducting vacuum assisted deliveries (VAD). The aim of this study is to prove that a practice-based training program (one-to- one teaching) leads to better training results compared to a theory-based training program in conducting VAD.

Interventions

OTHERpractice-based training programme (one-to-one teaching)

practice-based training programme (one-to-one teaching) for conducting VAD

OTHERtheory-based training programme

theory-based training programme for conducting VAD

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Intervention model description

video-recorded vacuum procedure on a special VAD-training phantom in a randomized setting: (1) theory-based training programme (2) practice-based training programme (one-to-one teaching). Video-recorded vacuum procedure on the VAD- training phantom before randomization, directly after training programme, 4-8 weeks after training programme in order to determine retention of skills.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* employees of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology * oral and written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* no oral and written informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
technical skills in conducting VAD	one day (day 0)	General and procedure-specific skills will be assessed using a validated rating tool.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Retention of skills conducting VAD	4-8 weeks after day 0	General and procedure-specific skills will be assessed using a validated rating tool.
trainees' satisfaction	4-8 weeks after day 0	trainees' satisfaction with the two different training programmes will be assessed using a questionnaire

Countries

Austria

Outcome results

None listed

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