300 Students of University of Milan School of Medicine
Conditions
Brief summary
The subject of Safety in Health is assuming in time a predominant position with those of high social, economic and political relevance. Numerous medical-surgical procedures are frequently learned as they are performed directly on the patient. The scope of our research, hence, is to recruit 5th- and 6th-year students of Medicine of the University of Milan who will have the opportunity to use two state-of-the-art 3-D virtual reality neurosurgical simulators at the Besta NeuroSim Center. Psychological Evaluation instruments will be used in order to select the personality profile most fit for a career in neurosurgery and to understand what training method is the most appropriate to achieve the best results in neurosurgery.
Interventions
OTHERSimulation training to evaluate the participants' manual skill improvement
Sponsors
University of Milan
Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 30 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* 5th - 6th year medical students. * Signed informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
• Medical students with any previous surgical experience or simulation training (mechanical, PC-based and/or others).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Simulation training | 4 weeks | Changes in performances at surgical tasks after a simulation training |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Psychological assessment | 4 weeks | Correlation between cognitive and psycho-attitudinal test and improvement at manual/surgical tasks |
| Spatial assessment | 4 weeks | Correlation between tests' results for the visual-spatial ability assessment and the best performances at manual-surgical tasks |
| Career path | up to 3 years | Correlation between performances at real/simulated tasks and students' education/career path |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed