Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03976388
Virtual Clinical Simulation for Training Amongst Undergraduate Medical Students: A Pilot Randomised Trial
Virtual Clinical Simulation Amongst Undergraduate Medical Students
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 50 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Universidad Nacional Andres Bello · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
In this trial, undergraduate medical students will be randomised to undergo training using a virtual reality simulator (BodyInteract®) or a standard small-group interactive discussion of a clinical scenario. Adherence to current clinical recommendations will be considered as primary outcomes for this study.
Detailed description
Objective: To assess whether a virtual reality simulator might facilitate learning and improve adherence to current clinical guidelines. Methodology: A double-masked randomised trial will be held among students at the School of Medicine of the Universidad Andres Bello. Participants will be randomised to receive training using a clinical virtual simulator (Body Interact®, Body Interact Inc, Austin, TX) designed to review key concepts in Cardiology. Students allocated to the control group will receive a small-group discussion lasting up to 60 minutes in which key topics regarding the same clinical condition will be reviewed as well. Main outcomes include the overall performance in an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) that will be reviewed by an expert panel prior to its implementation and adherence to specific recommendations in current national guidelines. This OSCE will be held 15 days after the educational session has taken place. Analyses will be undertaken under the intention to treat principle and missing data will be handled using multiple imputation techniques.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Clinical Virtual Simulator | Interactive medical case delivered using touch-sensitive screens in small group sessions. |
| OTHER | Small-Group Discussion | Small group discussion led by a physician. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-07-01
- Primary completion
- 2019-08-30
- Completion
- 2019-10-15
- First posted
- 2019-06-06
- Last updated
- 2019-10-23
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Chile
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03976388. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.