NCT02199210

Exploring Self-regulatory Processes in Anesthesiologists During Massive Transfusion

Optimizing Intra-Operative Massive Transfusion: Probing for Forethought

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Unity Health Toronto · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the project is to investigate the function of self-regulatory processes in anesthesiologists and how application of these processes influence performance in a crisis situation.The investigators intend to explore specifically the first phase of self-regulation, i.e. the forethought phase which describes processes related to strategic planning, goal setting, goal orientation, and outcome expectation. The investigators hypothesize that prompting forethought before engaging in a simulated massive transfusion crisis situation will result in better task performance in anesthesiologists.

Detailed description

The investigators will conduct 3 studies building on each other. * Pilot Study: the purpose of this study is to develop measurement tools for forethought, performance and a tool for prompting forethought. This study will include 2 attending anesthesiologists and 2 anesthesia residents (PGY2, 5). * Study I: the purpose of this study is to validate the measurement tools for forethought, performance and the tool for prompting forethought. This will include 6 attending anesthesiologists, 6 PGY5 and 6 PGY2 anesthesia residents. * Study II: the purpose of this study is to investigate if prompting forethought in anesthesia residents will result in better performance in a simulated massive transfusion than no prompting.

Conditions

• Self-regulation
• Forethought
• Performance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Prompting forethought	Participants will be asked questions which elicit specific forethought elements related to the given clinical situation. These are elements that relate to strategic planning, goal setting, goal orientation, imagery, outcome expectation. These context specific questions will be determined in the Pilot study and validated in Study I.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-08-01
• Primary completion: 2016-08-01
• Completion: 2016-08-01
• First posted: 2014-07-24
• Last updated: 2016-08-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada