NCT06857266

Remote Video-Delivered Suturing Education with Smartphones

Remote Video-Delivered Suturing Education with Smartphones: a Non-Inferiority Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 54 (actual)
• Sponsor: McMaster University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Medical students were randomized to receive live video- or recorded video-delivered feedback on suturing skills. A non-randomized control group received in-person feedback. Pre- and post-feedback recordings of suturing were evaluated to see if the students receiving video-delivered feedback improved just as much as students receiving in-person feedback.

Detailed description

Medical students were randomized to receive live video- or recorded video-delivered feedback on suturing skills. A non-randomized control group received in-person feedback. Pre- and post-feedback recordings of suturing were evaluated by blinded assessors to determine improvement using the University of Bergen suturing skills assessment tool (UBAT) and Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS). Study arms were compared to the control arm in a non-inferiority analysis. Participants and feedback providers completed questionnaires regarding feasibility and utility of their feedback modality.

Conditions

• Surgical Skill Training

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Live Video-delivered Feedback	Feedback is delivered to students through a live video call.
OTHER	In-Person Feedback	In-Person Feedback
OTHER	Recorded Video-delivered feedback	Feedback is delivered via a personalized recorded video made by the instructor specific to the student's performance.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-09-01
• Primary completion: 2021-03-30
• Completion: 2021-03-30
• First posted: 2025-03-04
• Last updated: 2025-03-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada