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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05274581




Registration number
NCT05274581
Ethics application status
Date submitted
2/03/2022
Date registered
10/03/2022

Titles & IDs
Public title
General Practitioners' POCUS Competence Following Structured Training
Scientific title
Evaluating Scanning Competence Following a Structured POCUS Training Program for General Practitioners - A Hybrid Effectiveness-implementation Study
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
ID 242-2
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Ultrasound 0 0
General Practice 0 0
Family Medicine 0 0
Education 0 0
Competence 0 0
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Observational
Patient registry
Target follow-up duration
Target follow-up type
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Other interventions - A new type of ultrasound course

Course participants - Course participants er general practitioners who have signed-up to participate in an ultrasound course


Other interventions: A new type of ultrasound course
All participants will receive the educational intervention. The educations intervention consists of three teaching seminars over three months, a curriculum of 10 point-of-care ultrasound applications, an online learning platform providing educational support before, during and after the teaching sessions.
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Other interventions
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Participants' ultrasound competence score after three months
Timepoint [1] 0 0
three months after baseline
Primary outcome [2] 0 0
Participants' ultrasound compentence score after six months
Timepoint [2] 0 0
six months after baseline
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Participants' ultrasound competence items scores
Timepoint [1] 0 0
three months after baseline
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Participants' ultrasound compentence scores above avarage after three months
Timepoint [2] 0 0
three months after baseline
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Participants' ultrasound compentence scores above avarage after six months
Timepoint [3] 0 0
six months after baseline
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Participants' self-rated ultrasound compentence after three months
Timepoint [4] 0 0
three months after baseline
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Participants' self-rated ultrasound compentence after six months
Timepoint [5] 0 0
six months after baseline

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:

1. GP, i.e., be a postgraduate medical doctor with a specialization in general practice.
2. Work in office-based general practice in Denmark
3. Have access to an ultrasound device in the practice during the study period
Minimum age
No limit
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
Key exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:

1. GPs with a possible conflict of interest (e.g., industry affiliation related to the use of ultrasound)
2. No signed informed consent to participate.

Study design
Purpose
Duration
Selection
Timing
Prospective
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
3/03/2022
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
2/12/2022
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
18
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 0 0
Denmark
State/province [1] 0 0
Aalborg

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
Aalborg University
Address
Country
Other collaborator category [1] 0 0
Other
Name [1] 0 0
Center for General Practice at Aalborg University
Address [1] 0 0
Country [1] 0 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Camilla A Andersen
Address 0 0
Center for General Practice at Aalborg University
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries

Data sharing statement
Will individual participant data (IPD) for this trial be available (including data dictionaries)?
Undecided
No/undecided IPD sharing reason/comment
We aim to publish positive, negative or inconclusive results of the study in a peer-reviewed journal. The project group will also present results at conferences.


What supporting documents are/will be available?




Results publications and other study-related documents

No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.


Results not provided in https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05274581