Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Jared L. Cohen

Code:

NCT03944746

Conditions

Educational Problems

Orthopedic Disorder

Emergencies

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 50

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Education Curriculum

Study Details

Brief summary:

Patient commonly present with orthopedic injuries in the emergency department. Musculoskeletal education has not historically been emphasized in American medical schools, and the effectiveness of an orthopedic surgery rotation has not been well studied in emergency medicine (EM) training. Competency in musculoskeletal education has been tested previously with a validated instrument, the basic competency exam (BCE), to assess baseline knowledge in primary care and emergency physicians.

Residents from 2 different EM residency training programs will be given the BCE to determine baseline musculoskeletal knowledge prior to their orthopedic surgery rotations. A post-test BCE will be given to the residents from both EM training programs upon completion of their orthopedic surgery rotation and compared.

Conditions

Educational Problems

Orthopedic Disorder

Emergencies

Study ID

NCT03944746

Start date

Nov 13, 2014

Status verified date

May, 2019

Completion date

Jun 30, 2021

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun 30, 2021

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 50

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Emergency Medicine Residents at either San Antonio Military Medical Center or University Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not emergency medicine residents at the inclusion sites.

Study Design

Enrollment

80 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

SAMMC Emergency Medicine Residents

Emergency Medicine Residents from San Antonio Military Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.

University Hospital Emergency Medicine Residents

Emergency Medicine Residents from University Hospital in San Antonio, Texas.

Interventions

Education Curriculum

Different educational curriculums were applied to each cohort

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in performance on the orthopedic basic competency exam [ Time Frame: Assessed initially by taking the exam before completing a one month orthopedic rotation. The same exam is taken at the completion of the orthopedic rotation. The two test results are compared to each other between each individual and residency program. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

San Antonio Military Medical Center

Recruiting

San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78212

Contacts

Jared Cohen, MD

210-916-7111Jared.L.Cohen@gmail.com

San Antonio Military Medical Center

Recruiting

San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78212

Contacts

Jared Cohen, MD

210-916-7111Jared.L.Cohen@gmail.com

Principal Investigator:

Gillian R Schmitz, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Jared L. Cohen

Last update posted

May 9, 2019

Last verified

May, 2019

Keywords

  • Emergency Department Education

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Jared L. Cohen on 2019-05-09.