None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The Virtual Reality Insertion of Chest-drain Outcomes Research (VICTOR) study will compare the traditional teaching of chest drain insertion against an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) training system. Junior and senior anaesthetic registrars will be the targeted study population and will be randomly assigned to one of the two study groups. The traditional education group will receive instruction on chest drain insertion via written text and an instructional video. The VR education group will receive instruction via the VR software training programme. After instruction, both groups will be assessed by two blinded researchers using a validated chest drain insertion assessment tool. Assessment of chest drain insertion will be done by utilizing a simulation mannikin fitted with a chest drain insertion module. Any differences between the traditional training group and the VR group will be assessed by measuring the following outcomes; Scores recorded on a validated checklist for chest drain insertion proficiently, the number of deviations from the checklist. Self-reported participant confidence will also be recorded
Interventions
The interventional group will be trained to insert chest drains using a Virtual reality (VR) training method.
The Virtual reality training software is licensed by Vantari VR. The chest drain insertion module simulates the steps of chest drain insertion in a realistic environment via a head mounted display with dual hand controllers. The steps of the procedures are shown within the environment with auditory narration of each step. There is feedback with each step to indicate if the step was comp
The interventional group will be trained to insert chest drains using a Virtual reality (VR) training method. The Virtual reality training software is licensed by Vantari VR. The chest drain insertion module simulates the steps of chest drain insertion in a realistic environment via a head mounted display with dual hand controllers. The steps of the procedures are shown within the environment with auditory narration of each step. There is feedback with each step to indicate if the step was completed correctly or not. The study participants will be exposed to at least one facilitated training session using the VR training module. This is to both monitor adherence and to assist with technical aspects of the equipment. The duration of the training session is 30mins. The participants can do additional training sessions at their own discretion once the initial mandatory one session has been completed. Assessments will be done within a month of the training session.
Sponsors
Robert Nicholas Swart
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
All the registrars in the Fiona Stanley & Fremantle Hospital Group Department of Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine as of 3rd August 2020.
Exclusion criteria
Unwilling to participate or sign consent. Not completing the chest drain training. Adverse reaction to virtual reality hardware. Previous use of the VR chest drain scenario if allocated to the control group.
Outcome results
None listed