Endoscopy Immersion Study.
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Training, Endoscopy. Basic parameters: No limits · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United Kingdom
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Understanding the Impact of Endoscopy Immersion Training in Regional Endoscopy Academies: is it Value for Money?
Overview
Endoscopy services are under significant pressure and endoscopy training academies and immersion training are under review at a national level. To date, there has been no comprehensive evaluation of the different approaches to immersion training or a large-scale study looking at its impact on trainees and/or endoscopy services. The purpose of this study is to perform a process, impact and economic evaluation of current immersion training practices to determine if they are impactful and value for money.
Detailed description
Retrospective quantitative analysis involves endoscopists (training between January 2022 and the study start date) who may (or may not) have undertaken immersion training. Prospectively analysis will be performed to evaluate the impact of immersion training.
Primary outcome measures
- Rate of improvement in DOPS (Direct Observation of Procedural Skills) score during immersion training compared to base hospital training [Time frame: 6 months from start of data collection]
- Caecal intubation rate (CIR)/ duodenal (D2) intubation rate improvement during immersion training compared to base hospital training? [Time frame: 6 months from start of data collection]
- Improvement in time, and number of procedures, required for certification during immersion training compared to base hospital training? [Time frame: 6 months from start of data collection]
- Increase in number of endoscopies performed independently post certification following immersion training compared to base hospital training? [Time frame: 6 months from start of data collection]
- Improvement in confidence scores following immersion training. [Time frame: 6 months from start of data collection]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
Endoscopy trainees (Surgical, Gastroenterology or CE) who have received (or are soon to undertake) immersion training in either gastroscopy or colonoscopy
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
Study locations
United Kingdom · 1 center
- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital — Gloucester
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07377110 · 24/108/GHT