Educational Study
Conditions
Keywords
virtual reality, tracheostomy, training, paediatric
Brief summary
This study aims to evaluate the use of an unsupervised virtual reality training tool. This tool is used to teach nurses, doctors and other healthcare workers and their students how to manage tracheostomy emergencies in children.
Interventions
OTHERVirtual reality (VR) tracheostomy educational tool
This is an unsupervised VR training packaged designed to train healthcare professionals and their students the management of the paediatric tracheostomy emergency.
Sponsors
University of Manchester
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 68 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Healthcare student * Clinical experience needed * Healthcare staff * Based at Manchester University Foundation Trust, or The University of Manchester
Exclusion criteria
* Not a healthcare student * Not a healthcare student - have no clinical experience * Not healthcare staff but working in the National Health Service * Not based at Manchester University Foundation Trust, or The University of Manchester
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Performance in simulation (time to key specific intervention, time to completion of scenario, and number of correct interventions completed) | Measured at the beginning of study and 1 week. | Test the improvement in simulated performance in a pre- and post-test method. Time to key specific intervention and total scenario times will be measured in seconds, with a smaller number indicating better performance. Number of correct interventions will be simple numerical with higher number indicating better performance. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Knowledge using a bespoke knowledge multiple choice questionnaire adapted from a validated question bank. | Measured at the beginning of study,1 week and 4 weeks post intervention. | Measurement of knowledge in a pre- and post-test method. The a higher score will indicate more knowledge. Minimum values are 0, maximum value of 23. |
| Participant satisfaction measured using a bespoke data collection tool. | 1 week post initiation of intervention | Likert questionnaire |
| Virtual Reality Sickness | 1 week post initiation of intervention | Measure of participant comfort using the validated Virtual Reality Sickness Questionnaire. Lower score is better. The score can range from 0-27. |
| Usability using the validated system usability scale | 1 week post initiation of intervention | Measure of usability using the validated System Usability Scale Calculation of the score is complex, and will follow the guidance in the below academic work: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228593520\_SUS\_A\_quick\_and\_dirty\_usability\_scale |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed