NCT07381270: InfecSIM

Using Simulation-based Team Training to Improve Psychological Safety and Relational Coordination as Well as Conducting a Process Evaluation

Active, enrolled NA Last updated 2 February 2026

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Simulation-based team training in Medical Education, Simulation, Crisis Resource Management in 120 participants. Participants enrolled and being followed up; not accepting new ones.

Timeline

1 March 2025

Primary endpoint
1 September 2026

1 January 2028

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Aarhus
Phase	NA
Status	Active, enrolled
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	non randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	health services research
Enrollment	120
Start date	1 March 2025
Primary completion	1 September 2026
Estimated completion	1 January 2028
Sites	1 location across Denmark

Drugs / interventions tested

• Simulation-based team training

Conditions studied

• Medical Education, Simulation, Crisis Resource Management — all drugs for Medical Education, Simulation, Crisis Resource Management →
• Simulation Training — all drugs for Simulation Training →
• Simulation Based Medical Education — all drugs for Simulation Based Medical Education →
• Culture — all drugs for Culture →

Sponsor

University of Aarhus

Who can join

Eligibility, any sex, with Medical Education, Simulation, Crisis Resource Management or Simulation Training. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Simulation-based team training is increasingly used in hospitals to support teamwork and communication, particularly in situations that are complex or time-critical. While such training is known to improve observable team behaviours, less is known about how it is implemented in everyday clinical work and how it influences relational aspects of teamwork, such as psychological safety and relational coordination.

This study explores the implementation and perceived impact of a simulation-based training programme focused on infectious disease management in a hospital department. Psychological safety refers to whether staff feel safe to speak up, ask questions, and express concerns, while relational coordination concerns how well different professional groups communicate, share goals, and align their work.

Using a qualitative process and outcome evaluation, the study examines how the simulation activities were introduced, adapted, and experienced by different staff groups, and how participants perceived their influence on collaboration and professional behaviour. Data are collected through interviews with clinical staff and managers, questionnaires measuring psychological safety and relational coordination before and after the intervention, and systematic registration of simulation activities (including who participated, what was trained, and when and where simulations took place).

By combining process evaluation with an exploration of perceived outcomes, the study aims to provide insight into how simulation-based team training functions as a behavioural intervention in complex clinical settings, and how it may support psychologically safe and well-coordinated teamwork in everyday practice.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.