Immersive Virtual Reality in Simulation-based Bronchoscopy Training

Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Medical Education; Virtual Reality

Treatments: Other: Immersive Virtual Reality

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05078762

iVRBronch

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this single-center randomized study is to investigate whether bronchoscopy training in an immersive Virtual Reality (iVR) environment will make the surgeon better at handling distractions and increase the quality of the bronchoscopy.

The participants will be stratified according to gender and randomized into two groups. Both groups will initially train on the bronchoscopy simulator without VR. Afterwards the intervention group will train in an iVR environment with Virtual Reality Goggles while using the bronchoscopy simulator, while the control group will train without VR goggles.

Afterwards both groups will be tested in the iVR environment in a test scenario

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Residents working in Denmark in thoracic surgery and pulmonary medicine
• Participants are required to have a medical license.

Exclusion criteria

• Previous participation in trials involving bronchoscopy training.
• Experience with independent bronchoscopy.
• No informed consent.
• Unable to speak Danish on a conversational level.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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35 participants in 2 patient groups

iVR

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group will train on a bronchoscopy simulator in an iVR environment with Virtual Reality Goggles (HTC IVE Pro Eye, HTC corporation, Taiwan) while using the bronchoscopy simulator.

Treatment:

Other: Immersive Virtual Reality

Non iVR

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will train on a bronchoscopy simulator without VR goggles.