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Last refreshed on: 11 April 2016
Main ID:  NCT02665000
Date of registration: 22/01/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: National University Hospital, Singapore
Public title: Evaluating the Effects of a Structured Training Program on the Learning Curve of Residents in Laparoscopic Surgery
Scientific title: A Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effects of a Structured Training Program on the Learning Curve of Residents in the Field of Laparoscopic Surgery (STAR Trial)
Date of first enrolment: August 2014
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02665000
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject)  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Singapore
Contacts
Name:     Elya Elya, B.Sc
Address: 
Telephone: +65 8382 2690
Email: surel@nus.edu.sg
Affiliation: 
Name:     Choon Seng Chong, MBBS
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: choon_seng_chong@nuhs.edu.sg
Affiliation: 
Name:     Choon Seng Chong, MBBS
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  National University Hospital, Singapore
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Junior surgical residents with less than 10 laparoscopic appendectomies' experience
as first surgeon will be recruited

Exclusion Criteria:

- Residents who are in the post-graduate year 1(PGY-1) will be excluded from the study



Age minimum: 24 Years
Age maximum: 35 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Laparoscopic Appendectomy
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Structured training programme
Primary Outcome(s)
The difference of the GOALS results between the 2 groups [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
DSRB/2015/00944
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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