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RA Anatomy - VRvST Study

ConditionsVirtual Reality SimulationVirtual RealityEducation, Medical
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorRoyal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

About this trial

Primary Objective: Score out of 44 on a validated test of anatomy and sono-anatomy

Secondary Objective:

Before training

* Handedness (Edinburgh Handedness Inventory) * Subjective sleepiness (Karolinska scale) * Motor reaction time (Psychomotor Vigilance test) * Attention control (Anti-Saccade test) * Mental rotation (Mental Rotation Task) * Depression Anxiety, Stress (DASS score) * Visual Search Task (Divided Attention) * Knowledge pretraining

After training and testing

* Knowledge after training session * Acceptability: Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) * Usability: CyberSickness in Virtual Reality Questionnaire (CSQ-VR) * Immersion: Witmer and Singer Presence Questionnaire * Subjective workload (NASA - TLX scale) * Cognitive Demand Battery (CBD) * Resource use: Calculation of cost differences between learning Modalities

Study population: Resident anaesthetists

Recruitment Target: 102

Methodology:

This is a non-clinical randomised controlled trial of resident anaesthetists undergoing training in regional anaesthesia. Residents will be randomised to one of two groups for each training session day:

* Standard anatomical training (Group A) * Virtual reality based anatomical training. (Group B) Then followed by another training day session and participants will enter either standard or VR teaching depending on the previous allocation: * Standard anatomical training (Group B) * Virtual reality based anatomical training. (Group A)

Anatomical knowledge will be tested in both groups using an on-line questionnaire developed by the Chief Investigator.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion criteria:

1. Anaesthetists that are residents in a recognised Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) training program 2. Anaesthetic training grades (Stage 1 - 3).

Exclusion criteria:

1. Visual impairment (this does not include wearing glasses/contact lenses) 2. History of severe diseases affecting physical motion or balance 3. History of any drugs that may affect physical motion or balance within 12 hours of the intervention 4. Pregnancy 5. Individuals who had consumed alcohol within 24 h of the intervention. 6. Resident doctors not in a recognised RCOA training program e.g. Staff grade anaesthetists.

Study treatment:

Standard teaching - control Virtual reality teaching - intervention

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Anaesthetists that are residents in a recognised Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) training program

Anaesthetic training grades (Stage 1 - 3).

Disqualifiers

Visual impairment (this does not include wearing glasses/contact lenses)

History of severe diseases affecting physical motion or balance

History of any drugs that may affect physical motion or balance within 12 hours of the intervention

Pregnancy

Trial design

Design model

Crossover

Treatments tested in this trial

  • 3D virtual reality anatomy teaching

    Other intervention

    Knowledge of regional nerve anatomy among novice anaesthetists using 3D virtual reality is equivalent to standard teaching

  • Standard anatomy model teaching

    Other intervention

    Knowledge of regional nerve anatomy among novice anaesthetists using standard anatomy model teaching

Treatment groups

102 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Standard teachingActive comparator 1 intervention
Group B: Virtual realityExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Score out of 44 on a validated test of anatomy and sono-anatomy

Sonoanatomy knowledge using Virtual Reality

Time frame
From enrolement to end of study day 2

Secondary outcomes

1

Handedness (Edinburgh Handedness Inventory)

Time frame
2 - 4 weeks prior to study day 1
2

Visual Search Task (Divided Attention)

Time frame
2 - 4 weeks prior to study day 1

Other outcomes

Locations

This trial has no locations.

Sponsors and contacts

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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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