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ESCAPE (Evaluating Surge Capacity And PrEparedness)

Germany3,000 participantsStarted 2023-09-26

Plain-language summary

The ESCAPE study intends to assess the possibility of recruiting students as surge capacity work force in hospitals in the event of a major medical incident such as an epidemic or pandemic.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Medical experts (heads of departements and other management positions) working in selected departments that are typically affected by major medical incidents at the time of questionnaire roll-out. * Medical students \>18 years of age of any year enrolled in the year 2023-2024 in any of the 38 medical faculties in Germany Exclusion Criteria: * none, as questionnaire participation was achieved by invitation of eligible volunteers

What they're measuring

Student surge capacity workforce needed

Timeframe: baseline

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06144008

SponsorLudwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2023-11

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