NCT04754568

Virtual Reality Instructional Design in Orthopedic Physical Therapy Education

Virtual Reality Instructional Design in Orthopedic Physical Therapy Education: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effects of Virtual Reality With Role-Playing Learning

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 59 (actual)
• Sponsor: Shenandoah University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 22 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of this study is to assess the effects of virtual reality instructional design on physical therapy students' clinical decision-making skills, as compared with a traditional method of instruction with the same content and duration of exposure.

Detailed description

An online random number generator will be used to randomize students into one of two groups: virtual reality instruction or role-paying instruction. All students will complete self-reported measures of clinical decision-making and metacognitive awareness prior to receiving their allocated instruction. While completing allocated instruction (either virtual reality or role-playing), measures of diagnostic accuracy and diagnostic efficiency will be collected. Following virtual reality or role-playing instruction, all included subjects will complete post-test measures of clinical decision-making ,metacognitive awareness, and engagement. One week later, all included subjects will be assessed on a musculoskeletal objective structured clinical examination (mOSCE).

Conditions

• Virtual Reality

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Virtual reality instructional design	60 minute immersive VR experience with branching method information delivery, physical therapy assessment, and diagnosis.
OTHER	Role-playing instructional design	60 minute traditional role-playing with standardized patient

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-01
• Primary completion: 2021-06-01
• Completion: 2021-08-01
• First posted: 2021-02-15
• Last updated: 2021-09-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States