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Mastery Learning in Communication Skills

Heather Ballard · NCT05979090

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 20–60 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
80
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
January 18, 2023
Record last updated
July 10, 2026

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What the study is about

The goal of this study is to determine whether mastery learning in communication skills can improve skills in a simulated environment and have translational improvements in outcomes. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does mastery learning improve skills in the simulation laboratory? 2. Does mastery learning improve clinical skills as seen by milestone performance? and 3 Does mastery learning improve burnout levels? The study is a multi-institutional randomized controlled trial of anesthesiology residents from five different residency programs. Participants will be randomized to mastery training in communication skills and standard of care, which is vicarious learning. Researchers will compare these two groups to see if mastery learning improves skills and translational outcomes.

Being studied: Mastery learning in communication skills

Conditions: Communication Research; Communication, Personal; Burnout, Professional

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Anesthesiology residents rotating at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Exclusion Criteria

  • Participant refusal
  • Study participants who have already undergone the mastery learning in difficult conversations course.

Recruiting US locations

  • Northwestern University Simulation Center

    Chicago, IL 60611

    Site contact: Jeff Barsuk, MD · 312-503-7700 · jbarsuk@nm.org

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Heather Ballard, MD · 3122275170 · hballard@luriechildrens.org
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