The Provider Awareness and Cultural Dexterity Toolkit for Surgeons Trial
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Resident Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Cross-cultural Care, Interpersonal and Communication Skills in Patient-clinician Encounters, Patient-reported Satisfaction With Resident Physicians Involved in Their Care, Patients' Clinical Health Outcomes After Surgery
In brief
This study is designed to test the impact of a new curriculum, called Provider Awareness Cultural Dexterity Toolkit for Surgeons (PACTS), on surgical residents' cross-cultural knowledge, attitudes, and skills surrounding the care of patients from diverse cultural backgrounds, as well as clinical and patient-reported health outcomes for patients treated by surgical residents undergoing this training.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03576495
- Run by
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- People needed
- 2901
- Starts
- 2019-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2022-06-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2024-06-07
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- All residents in the general surgery program at Johns Hopkins University, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brown University, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Howard University, and Washington University in St. Louis.
You may not qualify if…
- Non-surgical residents at Johns Hopkins University, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brown University, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Howard University, and Washington University in St. Louis.
- Eligibility Criteria for Patients:
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Admitted to surgical service under the care of a participating resident;
- Able to recognize resident as the main care provider from a photo;
- Able to consent as determined by a cognitive screen for capacity to give informed consent
- Fluent in English or Spanish.
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Admitted to Intensive Care;
- Mentally impaired and/or not oriented to person/time/ place.
Where it is running
- Howard University Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
- Johns Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Brigham and Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Washington University in St. Louis — St Louis, Missouri, United States
- Rhode Island Hospital — Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Eastern Virginia Medical School — Norfolk, Virginia, United States
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