Does training with an epidural simulator improve performance of epidural analgesia amongst novice trainee anaesthetists?

ISRCTN	ISRCTN65954729
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN65954729
Protocol serial number	N0231111990
Sponsor	Department of Health (UK)
Funder	Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)

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Dr Michael Wee
Scientific

Anaesthetic Department
Poole Hospital NHS Trust
Longfleet Road
Poole, Dorset
BH15 2JB
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 01202 442443
Email	m.wee@virgin.net

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	Do senior house officers (SHOs) in anaesthesia who have received training with an epidural simulator perform epidural analgesia better than those who have not?
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Surgery: Anaesthesia
Intervention	Randomised controlled trial.
Intervention type	Procedure/Surgery
Primary outcome measure(s)	Failure rate in the first 25 epidurals inserted by each SHO.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	01/12/2006
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)	Lack of staff/facilities/resources

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Target sample size at registration	62
Key inclusion criteria	62 SHOs in anaesthesia in their first 12 months of training working at the five participating hospitals.
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	01/02/2002
Date of final enrolment	01/12/2006

Anaesthetic Department

Poole, Dorset
BH15 2JB
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
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