NCT03623009

Gender Stigma Consciousness and Surgical Training

Completed NA Last updated 3 October 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing An article meant to trigger certain psychosocial behaviors in Gender Issues in 85 participants. Completed in 1 August 2019.

Timeline

1 August 2018

Primary endpoint
1 August 2019

1 August 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Pittsburgh
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	quadruple
Primary purpose	other
Enrollment	85
Start date	1 August 2018
Primary completion	1 August 2019
Estimated completion	1 August 2019
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• An article meant to trigger certain psychosocial behaviors
• a neutral article

Conditions studied

• Gender Issues — all drugs for Gender Issues →

Sponsor

University of Pittsburgh

Who can join

Eligibility, any sex, with Gender Issues. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Previous investigations have focused on challenges that surgeons face once they have entered into practice. We have yet to explore difficulties in the training environment, and whether these have an effect on professional development. In this study, we investigate how certain environmental factors can affect skill acquisition for the resident surgeon. Our trial tests whether psychosocial constructs affect task-performance. This study is a multi-center endeavor with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, the University of Washington, and UPMC. Over an 12 month period, residents will be asked to complete surveys and a laparoscopic skills assessment, which will be administered after residents are randomized to an intervention or control arm. The intervention arm will be asked to read an article that is meant to trigger psychosocial constructs that we hypothesize will affect skill performance. The control arm will receive a neutral article prior to completing the laparoscopic skills assessment.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Effects of Gender Bias and Stereotypes in Surgical Training: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
   Myers SP, Dasari M, Brown JB, Lumpkin ST, et al · · 2020 · cited 43× · PMID 32432669 · DOI 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.1127