Evaluation of Virtual Reality in Hazmat Training

MetaMedia Training

Status: Completed

Conditions: Evaluating a Brief Intervention; No Disease or Condition is Being Studied; Does Virtual Reality Aid in Hazmat Training

Treatments: Behavioral: Classroom Training; Behavioral: Virtual Reality Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT06113406

R43ES034218

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• currently enrolled in a hazmat training course

Exclusion criteria

• under the age of 18 or over the age of 65

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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15 participants in 2 patient groups

Classroom Training

Active Comparator group

Description:

The active control group is given traditional hazmat response training which is already part of their curriculum. For the traditional training group the session is given in the classroom for 45 minutes and the training session is ended.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Classroom Training

Virtual Reality Training

Experimental group

Description:

After the traditional training has ended, the experimental group will receive the additional VR scenario, online educational content and question and answer session. For the VR training group, the participant is asked to perform the analyze, plan, implement, and evaluation steps individually. After the training is completed the session is closed.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Virtual Reality Training