Immersive Virtual Reality Environment for Complex Cognitive Skills Curricular Training in Liver Surgery (LiVeRTrainer)

Ghent University Hospital (UZ)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hepatobiliary Neoplasm

Treatments: Behavioral: Clinical decision making based on visualizing liver 3D models in Virtual Reality (VR) environment or via a Desktop Interface (DI)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04959630

B6702020000275

Details and patient eligibility

About

Investigators hypothesize that a virtual reality (VR) environment enhances general surgery residents' performance compared to Desktop Interface (DI)-based visualization of 3D models in decision making for patients with liver tumors. To determine this, a proficiency-based stepwise training curriculum for preoperative planning has been developed using both modalities. The overall objective of the curriculum is that by the end of the training program, residents would be able to formulate a treatment plan for patients with liver tumors.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• General surgery residents irrespective of their postgraduate year

Exclusion criteria

• No inform consent
• Residents of other specialties

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A

Other group

Description:

Group A received first five patient cases and 3D models via DI and another five cases in the VR environment

Treatment:

Behavioral: Clinical decision making based on visualizing liver 3D models in Virtual Reality (VR) environment or via a Desktop Interface (DI)

Group B

Other group

Description:

Group B received first five patient cases and 3D models via VR and another five cases in the DI.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Clinical decision making based on visualizing liver 3D models in Virtual Reality (VR) environment or via a Desktop Interface (DI)