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| The Academy for Innovation in Medical Education | UNKNOWN |
| The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Association | OTHER |
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The purpose of this study is to investigate whether formal instruction on the use of cognitive aids in managing a crisis will result in better longterm retention of knowledge and skills. In particular, this study examines the impact of cognitive aid teaching on the Advanced Cardiac Life Support course.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Control Group | Active Comparator | This group gets a simulation based ACLS refresher as treatment, but no access to cognitive aids for any of the tests. |
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| 2nd Control Group | Active Comparator | This group receives a standard Simulation based ACLS refresher as the intervention, like the control group. No mention is made of Cognitive Aids in the teaching, but they are available during the post-test and retention post-test. |
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| Cognitive Aid Group | Experimental | This group receives Cognitive Aid based teaching as the intervention. They also have access to cognitive aids for post-test and retention post-test |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Standard Simulation Based ACLS Refresher Teaching | Other | 45min-1 hour time. 15 minutes didactic review of 2010 ACLS guidelines followed by practice simulated megacodes |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| ACLS Megacode Examination Scale Score | Simulated scenarios will be videotaped. These will be scored according to the ACLS megacode testing checklist by trained video raters | 6 months |
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| Anesthesia Non-Technical Skills Scale (ANTS) | Simulated Scenarios will be videotaped. Videos will be scored by trained raters according to the validated Anesthesia Nontechnical Skills Scale. | 6 Months |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| The Ottawa Hospital | Ottawa | Ontario | K1Y 4E9 | Canada |
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| Cognitive Aid based ACLS Refresher training | Other | 45min-1 hour time. 15 minutes didactic review of 2010 ACLS guidelines followed by simulated ACLS megacode practice focused on the use of Cognitive Aids to guide management. |
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