Training Using Immersive Virtual Reality

Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cognitive Load, Performance

Treatments: Other: Immersive virtual reality

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03721094

HMD-VR

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, the investigators examine the cognitive load (CL) and performance of a laparoscopic procedure in immersive virtual reality and controlled virtual reality in a randomized, controlled setup. Virtual reality (VR) simulators combined with head mounted displays (HMDs) enable highly immersive virtual reality (IVR) for surgical skills training, potentially bridging the gap between the simulation environment and real-life operating room (OR) conditions. However, the increased complexity of the learning situation in IVR could potentially induce high CL thereby inhibiting performance and learning.

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• First year resident

Exclusion criteria

• Previous participation in trials involving laparoscopic training
• Prior experience with laparoscopic surgery (having performed one or more laparoscopic procedures as primary surgeon, including supervised procedures)
• Not speaking Danish on a conversational level

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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31 participants in 2 patient groups

Immersive virtual reality

Other group

Description:

Completing the procedures in immersive virtual reality

Treatment:

Other: Immersive virtual reality

Conventional virtual reality

No Intervention group

Description:

Completing the procedures in conventional virtual reality