Practice makes perfect? study tests if simulated exams boost Real-World doctor skills
NCT ID NCT07663760
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether a simulated practice session (called a mini-CEX) helps fifth-year medical students perform better during a real patient consultation in anesthesiology. Eighteen volunteer students will first do a practice assessment with a trained faculty member, then be evaluated again in a real clinical setting. Researchers will compare scores to see if the simulation improves skills like history taking, communication, and clinical judgment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Simulated Mini-CEX educational assessment
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that a short practice session improves medical students' real-world clinical skills.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 18 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The benefit of simulation may be minimal or hard to measure.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 18 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Fifth-year medical students (DCEM3) enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis within the acute medicine program. * Students completing their clinical clerkship during the second semester of the 2025-2026 academic year in one of the three participating anesthesiology and intensive care departments. * Students who voluntarily agree to participate and have provided written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Students who do not complete the entire educational curriculum (absence from either of the two assessments). * Students who have already received similar training.
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