3D Modalities for Medical Student Education of Congenital Heart Disease

Case Western Reserve University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS); Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)

Treatments: Other: 3D-printed heart models and augmented reality

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07295730

STUDY20240627

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if 3D-printed heart models and augmented reality can be useful modalities to teach medical students about congenital heart disease. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Does using 3D-printed heart models improve learners' understanding of congenital heart disease when compared to traditional slide-based teaching methods?
2. Does using augmented reality heart models improve learners' understanding of congenital heart disease when compared to traditional slide-based teaching methods?
3. How can these modalities best be integrated into standard medical school curricula?

Participants will:

1. Take a pre-test consisting of questions regarding anatomy and physiology of the normal heart as well as two congenital heart diseases.
2. Be randomized into 3 groups that receive a teaching session using either slide-based lecture, 3D-printed models, or augmented reality.
3. Take a post-test of the same questions from the pre-test.
4. Take a delayed post-test of the same questions with additional subjective questions about their experience with their assigned modality.

Enrollment: 26 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• First year medical student

Exclusion criteria

-

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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26 participants in 3 patient groups

Slide-based lecture

Other group

Description:

Participants in this group received teaching using a slide-based lecture

Treatment:

Other: 3D-printed heart models and augmented reality

3D-printed Model

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group received teaching using 3D-printed models

Treatment:

Other: 3D-printed heart models and augmented reality

Augmented Reality

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group received teaching using augmented reality headsets

Treatment:

Other: 3D-printed heart models and augmented reality