NCT05834374

Training for Transfer by Contextual Variation

Completed NA Last updated 28 April 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Contextual variation in Medical Education in 110 participants. Completed in 7 October 2021.

Timeline

17 March 2021

Primary endpoint
7 October 2021

7 October 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	other
Enrollment	110
Start date	17 March 2021
Primary completion	7 October 2021
Estimated completion	7 October 2021
Sites	1 location across Denmark

Drugs / interventions tested

• Contextual variation
• Maximum affordances

Conditions studied

• Medical Education — all drugs for Medical Education →

Sponsor

Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Who can join

Eligibility, any sex, with Medical Education. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The goal of this randomized study is to investigate the effect of introducing contextual variation on transfer when learning a technical skill in a group of medical students. The main questions it aims to answer is: If context variation of specific affordance conditions enhance the learner's ability to transfer out? Participants will practice performing an invasive ultrasound guided procedure either on a fantom with maximum affordances or with contextual variation. Researchers will compare the maximum affordances group and the contextual variation group to see if its effects compared to the control group with minimal affordances.

Publications & conference data

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

1. To guide or not to guide: A randomized study on the use of needle guide for chorionic villus sampling training.
   Johnsson V, Petersen OB, Svendsen MBS, Kulasegaram K, et al · · 2026 · cited 1× · PMID 41317014 · DOI 10.1111/aogs.70108