Does Virtual Reality Aid in Hazmat Training, Evaluating a Brief Intervention, No Disease or Condition is Being Studied
Conditions
Brief summary
Type of study: Two-group comparison. Main question it aims to answer: Does the use of virtual reality emergency scenarios provide a practical and effective tool to supplement traditional instructor-led training for first responder trainees? A. For the traditional hazmat response training group; Traditional training will be held in the classroom environment for 45 minutes in the form of a lecture, then the training session will be terminated. B. For VR hazmat response training group; After the traditional classroom session has ended, the participants will complete the additional VR training scenario, online content, and question-answer session. Once completed the session will be closed.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALClassroom Training
Active Comparator
BEHAVIORALVirtual Reality Training
Experimental
Sponsors
MetaMedia Training International, Inc.
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
The person who will make the statistical analysis does not know which group the participants in our study belong to and does not know the participants.
Intervention model description
An experimental and a pretest-posttest control group design method were applied in this regard.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* currently enrolled in a hazmat training course
Exclusion criteria
* under the age of 18 or over the age of 65
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Keywords identified on questionnaire | day 1 | Participants will receive a score of zero to ten based on the number of keywords they identified. Each correct key word identified is worth 1 point. Minimum 0, maximum 10 points can be scored. Higher scores mean a better outcome. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed