Tokyo, Aug. 21 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000062633) titled 'A study to evaluate the usefulness of a hand model for education on tricuspid valve anatomy' on Aug. 20.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Randomized Blinding - Open -but assessor(s) are blinded Control - Active

Primary Sponsor: Institute - Teikyo University

Condition: Condition - Knowledge of cardiac anatomy centered on the tricuspid valve (participants are physicians and cardiac sonographers working at the study institution; patients with a specific disease are not enrolled) Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO

Objective: Narrative objectives1 - To evaluate, in a randomized controlled manner, the usefulness of a newly developed hand model as an educational tool for understanding cardiac anatomy centered on the tricuspid valve, in comparison with conventional education using anatomical illustrations alone. Basic objectives2 - Efficacy

Intervention: Interventions/Control_1 - Hand model (HM) group: After enrollment and before any education, participants draw a sketch of cardiac structures including the tricuspid valve within about 2 minutes (baseline). They then receive approximately 5 minutes of education using an anatomical illustration plus the hand model. Participants draw the same sketch again within about 2 minutes, without access to any materials, immediately after the education, at 2 weeks, and at 3 months. Interventions/Control_2 - Control (C) group: After enrollment and before any education, participants draw a sketch of cardiac structures including the tricuspid valve within about 2 minutes (baseline). They then receive approximately 5 minutes of education using the anatomical illustration only. They draw the sketch again immediately after the education and at 2 weeks, without access to any materials. After the 2-week assessment, they receive approximately 5 minutes of education using the hand model, and draw the sketch again at 3 months.

Eligibility: Age-lower limit - 20 years-old <= Age-upper limit - Not applicable Gender - Male and Female Key inclusion criteria - Physicians working at the study institution (junior residents, internal medicine, cardiovascular surgery, and anesthesiology) and cardiac sonographers of the institution, who have provided written informed consent. Key exclusion criteria - Participants for whom sufficient information for analysis cannot be obtained, and those judged inappropriate for the study by the investigators. Target Size - 40

Recruitment Status: Recruitment status - Enrolling by invitation Date of protocol fixation - 2026 Year 01 Month 13 Day Date of IRB - 2026 Year 03 Month 02 Day Anticipated trial start date - 2026 Year 03 Month 02 Day Last follow-up date - 2027 Year 03 Month 31 Day

To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000071694

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