Mastery Learning in Communication Skills
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Conditions studied: Communication Research, Communication, Personal, Burnout, Professional
In brief
The goal of this study is to determine whether mastery learning in communication skills can improve skills in a simulated environment and have translational improvements in outcomes. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does mastery learning improve skills in the simulation laboratory? 2. Does mastery learning improve clinical skills as seen by milestone performance? and 3 Does mastery learning improve burnout levels? The study is a multi-institutional randomized controlled trial of anesthesiology residents from five different residency programs. Participants will be randomized to mastery training in communication skills and standard of care, which is vicarious learning. Researchers will compare these two groups to see if mastery learning improves skills and translational outcomes.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05979090
- Run by
- Heather Ballard
- People needed
- 80
- Starts
- 2023-01-18
- Expected to finish
- 2030-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-07-10
Who can join
Age: 20 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Anesthesiology residents rotating at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
You may not qualify if…
- Participant refusal
- Study participants who have already undergone the mastery learning in difficult conversations course.
Where it is running
- Northwestern University Simulation Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
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