Learning Management of Open Fractures on Virtual Patient

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Status: Suspended

Conditions: Simulation of Physical Illness; Emergencies; Educational Problems; Fractures, Bone

Treatments: Other: Virtual reality online world

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04605380

VW01

Details and patient eligibility

About

• A novel virtual world programme with over 240 multiple choice questions was developed to assess the competencies in managing an open fracture of the lower limb according to the British Orthopaedic Association Standards for Trauma (BOAST) and Advanced Trauma Life support (ATLS) guidelines.
• A longitudinal, observational, multi-centre prospective cohort study was conducted at Imperial College London.
• Primary objective consisted of objective scores calculated in real-time from the 240 multiple choice questions between Novices, Intermediates and Experts.
• Participants who had either completed ATLS training, or had familiarised themselves with BOAST guidelines were also identified and correlated with objective scores.

Full description

This is a multi-centre prospective randomised controlled educational trial observing for validity and training effect of managing an orthopaedic emergency using a virtual patient within an online world. Cohorts consist of junior, intermediate and expert surgeons being tested on 240 multiple choice questions to assess for competency as well as face, content and construct validity.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 24+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Postgraduate orthopaedic trainees and naïve to surgical simulation

Exclusion criteria

• undergraduates and previous exposure to surgical simulation involving cognitive task analysis

Trial design

30 participants in 3 patient groups

Novices

Description:

Junior doctors/interns

Treatment:

Other: Virtual reality online world

Intermediates

Description:

Specialist trainees/Residents

Treatment:

Other: Virtual reality online world

Experts

Description:

Consultants/Attendings

Treatment:

Other: Virtual reality online world