Avatar Contraception Communication Training

Part of paid clinical trials in Dallas, Texas.

Sponsor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Study ID
NCT05995574
Status
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Conditions

  • Communication

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • avatar communication training — BEHAVIORAL
    Avatar simulates a mother and a daughter for the pediatrician to practice communication about contraception.

Study Details

In order to support the desire of most adolescents to delay pregnancy (parenting) until their own adulthood, pediatricians must be comfortable and skilled in having reproductive health conversations with adolescents and the mothers of adolescents. Advocates for Youth (AFY), a national, youth-facing, well-established, non-profit, is known for innovative sexual and reproductive health programs. AFY successfully implemented a virtual simulation for schoolteachers to practice sex education scenarios by interacting with culturally diverse student avatars. We will partner with AFY to adapt their novel simulation-based approach to train medical residents in using SDM with youth and parent avatars. Our long-term goal is to build clinician confidence in SDM and actual skills via simulation training with dyadic avatars. We will also explore how evaluation of clinician communication skills varies from youth-, parent-, and clinician-viewpoints.

Key Dates

Start date
Apr 1, 2026
Status verified
Aug 2025
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2030
Completion
Jun 30, 2030

Study Design

Enrollment
166 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • Experimental: Avatar training
    One hundred physician learners will train with the avatar communication training tool as a behavioral intervention. Before the training (T0), the learners will complete a pre-survey to assess their baseline confidence. At the start of training, after a brief introduction and orientation to the tool, the learners will complete a 10-min uninterrupted scenario with a teen-parent avatar dyad about a contraception scenario. After the initial scenario (T1), the learner will pause and complete an assessment to evaluate use of SDM (Shared decision making) skills and PCCC (person-centered contraceptive counseling). Then, the learner will train for an hour with the tool. At the end (T2), the learner will complete another uninterrupted scenario and evaluate their confidence, SDM, and PCCC skills.

Primary Outcome Measure

Questionnaire [ Time Frame: Change from baseline (T0) at 0 hours, and end of training (T2) at 2 hours ]

Central Contacts

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Childrens Health Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine (AYA) ClinicDallasTexas75207
Jenny K Francis, MD
[email protected]
214-456-6792
May KR Lau, MD
[email protected]
214-456-9099
Jenny KR Francis, MD, MPH (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)
UT Southwestern Medical CenterDallasTexas75390-0966
Jenny KR Francis, MD, MPH
[email protected]
214-456-6792
Jenny KR Francis, MD, MPH
[email protected]
214-456-6792
Jenny KR Francis, MD, MPH (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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