Mental Imagery to Enhance Procedural Skills in Peripheral Venous Catheterization

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Simulation Training; Peripheral Venous Catheterization; Mental Imagery

Treatments: Other: Mental Imagery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06932822

MI-24.11.07

Details and patient eligibility

About

Peripheral venous catheter insertion has a slow learning curve, and is rarely performed by medical students. Most medical interns do not master this procedure independently at the start of their residency.

It's a painful procedure for the patients, and therefore unsuitable for "in vivo" training at the patient's bedside For this type of procedure, it would appear necessary to develop alternative teaching methods, as well as pedagogical tools that can modify the learning curve to make it faster.

Mental imagery is a technique that involves creating vivid, detailed mental images in the mind. It is often used in a variety of contexts, such as mental preparation, stress management, learning or goal achievement Initially used in mental preparation for sports, it made its appearance as a pedagogical tool in the medical field in the 2010s, with several studies demonstrating its value in learning procedural gestures (training in laparoscopic surgery, cystoscopy).

The aim of our study is to investigate the impact of a mental imagery session on peripheral venous catheter placement success in 5th-year medical students, on a simulation mannequin.

Enrollment: 96 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 5th-year medical student at the Nîmes medical school taking part in the peripheral venous catheter insertion training workshop
• No other conditions required.

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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96 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Insertion of a peripheral venous catheter on a simulation mannequin after theoretical video instruction

Mental Imagery

Experimental group

Description:

Insertion of a peripheral venous catheter on a simulation mannequin after theoretical video instruction and mental visualization session

Treatment:

Other: Mental Imagery