Randomized Controlled Trial of Multi-Source Feedback to Pediatric Residents

This study has been completed.

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati Ambulatory Pediatric Association
Information provided by:	Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00302783

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to test whether multi-source feedback, including self-assessment and tailored coaching, improves resident communication skills and professionalism. We hypothesize that residents who are assigned to receive multi-source feedback, in addition to receiving standard feedback, will improve significantly more than residents receiving standard feedback alone, as measured by parent and nurse ratings of specific behaviors over time.

Condition	Intervention
Education, Medical Education, Competency-Based Feedback Communication Humanism	Behavioral: Multi-Source Feedback: including self-assessment & coaching

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Educational/Counseling/Training, Randomized, Single Blind, Active Control, Parallel Assignment
Official Title:	Randomized Controlled Trial of Multi-Source Feedback to Pediatric Residents: The Formative Value of an ACGME Competency-Based Assessment Tool.

Further study details as provided by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati:

Primary Outcome Measures:

The difference between groups in the change in parent and nurse ratings of specific communication skills and professionalism behaviors from baseline to follow-up (average 5 months later)

Estimated Enrollment:	36
Study Start Date:	June 2004
Estimated Study Completion Date:	September 2005

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Residents entering their first year of training
Scheduled for the two pediatric inpatient rotations where parent and nurse evaluations would be collected

Exclusion Criteria:

Residents from combined Internal Medicine/Pediatric training programs

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00302783

Locations

United States, Ohio
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229-3039

Sponsors and Collaborators

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Ambulatory Pediatric Association

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

William B Brinkman, M.D.

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

More Information

Publications indexed to this study:

Brinkman WB, Geraghty SR, Lanphear BP, Khoury JC, Gonzalez del Rey JA, Dewitt TG, Britto MT. Effect of multisource feedback on resident communication skills and professionalism: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Jan;161(1):44-9.

Study ID Numbers:	03-12-37X
Study First Received:	March 14, 2006
Last Updated:	March 14, 2006
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00302783
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati:

Education, Medical
Education, Competency-Based
Multi-Source Feedback
Communication
Professionalism

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009