Artificial Intelligence Versus Human-controlled Doctor in Virtual Reality Simulation for Sepsis Team Training

National University of Singapore

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sepsis

Treatments: Other: AI-powered doctor; Other: Human-controlled doctor avatar

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05953441

NUS-IRB-2022-202

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to compare the effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence virtual doctor with human-controlled virtual doctor avatars on nursing students' sepsis care and interprofessional communication.

Enrollment: 65 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. All Year 3 NUS nursing students in Academic Year 2022
2. Individuals 20 years old and above; and
3. Consent to be video and/or audio-recorded

Exclusion criteria

1. Year 1, 2 and 4 NUS nursing students;
2. Incapable of giving informed consent;
3. Unable to understand and/or speak in English language;
4. Have visual, speech, and/or hearing impairment; and
5. Do not agree to be video and/or audio-recorded.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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65 participants in 2 patient groups

AI-powered group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants participated in a 2-hour Virtual Reality Simulation (VRS), which consisted of 2 simulation scenarios. Participants had to perform nursing assessment and management of virtual patient, followed by communicating with an AI virtual doctor.

Treatment:

Other: AI-powered doctor

Human-controlled group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants participated in a 2-hour Virtual Reality Simulation (VRS), which consisted of 2 simulation scenarios. Participants had to perform nursing assessment and management of virtual patient, followed by communicating with a doctor avatar controlled by the medical student.

Treatment:

Other: Human-controlled doctor avatar