Smells Like Real-World Spirit – Olfactory Cues and Patient Safety Behavior in VR Medical Simulation: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00039472

Enrollment

Registered

2026-02-27

Start date

2025-12-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-03-02

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Conditions

Use of medical gloves and handdisinfection

Interventions

Group 1: Students complete a block week on transplantation, during which all students participate in VR-based brain death diagnostics on a virtual patient. As part of voluntary participation, the hand

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Medical students participating in the course, consent obtained

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Lack of consent, missing data from the questionnaire-based survey

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Use of the virtual hand disinfactant dispenser and virtual medical gloves. This is recorded during the 30-minute course and automatically stored by the software.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Additional analysis of the exact sequence of interventions: 1. Hand disinfection BEFORE first patient contact 2. Hand disinfection AFTER last patient contact 3. Use of gloves BEFORE first patient contact	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAnna Junga

Institut für Ausbildung und Studienangelegenheiten, Universität Münster

anna.junga@uni-muenster.de+49 251 83 41133

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026