Comparison of Two Summative Assessment Methods in Advanced Life Support Courses

Comparison of Two Summative Assessment Methods in Advanced Life Support Courses - a Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03412032

Enrollment

428

Registered

2018-01-26

Start date

2017-12-02

Completion date

2019-12-31

Last updated

2020-02-05

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Conditions

Self-Assessment

Brief summary

Several approaches for summative assessment during Advanced Life Support courses are used. The most commonly used method during European Resuscitation (ERC) Council Life Support Courses is that 1 instructor is miming a whole team, and the candidate has to lead this team through a scenario; another variant of the summative assessment (mainly used by American Heart Association (AHA) Courses) is with a group of students, where one student is the team leader to be assessed and the others are his team not being assessed. The second approach might be more realistic; however there is no evidence around with regard to effectiveness (pass/fail rate, ability to test non-technical skills (NTS)) or participant/assessor satisfaction.

Interventions

OTHERassessment

different assessments in both arms

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* All medical students at the University of Bern, study year 2017/2018, 5th and 6th study year

Exclusion criteria

* Refusal to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Team leadership	1 minute after the assessment is completed	Subjective rating of team leadership

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

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