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Mastery Learning in Communication Skills
Mastery Learning in Communication Skills to Improve Milestone Performance and Burnout
Who can join
Ages 20 to 60 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
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.
About the study
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.
What is being tested
- Mastery learning in communication skills (behavioral)
Sponsor: Heather Ballard · Participants: 80 · Started: Jan 18, 2023
Contact the study team
- Heather Ballard, MD · Phone: 3122275170
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05979090
Locations in the U.S.
| Illinois | Northwestern University Simulation Center, Chicago |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.