Simulation-based Learning for Neurosurgical Instruments in Perioperative Nurses

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Focus of Study: Simulation Technology
• Interventions: Other: Simulation technology

• Registration Number: NCT03894644
• Lead Sponsor: Nova Scotia Health Authority

Brief Summary

Rapid technological advances in the last 20 years have led to the exponential adoption of simulation-based learning in nursing education.

Detailed Description

Simulation-based learning is designed to engage, challenge and enrich the learner's knowledge base and skill set. It presents the opportunity to experience a variety of clinical scenarios, both common and uncommon, in a safe environment allowing repeated skills training and facilitating the transfer of classroom-knowledge to real situations.Research demonstrates that simulation can improve student engagement and learning and is being increasingly used as an educational strategy for nursing students. This prospective randomized controlled study that was undertaken with the following goals:

1. to investigate the effectiveness of simulation-based training in a large sample of perioperative nurses, measured as nurses' learning progress in the simulation environment;

2. to determine whether the learning acquired through this training is transferable to recognizing real surgical instruments; and

3. to evaluate whether simulation-based learning is retained at least one week.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-10-21
• Primary Completion: 2016-05-25
• Study Completion: 2016-05-25
• Status Verified: 2019-03
• Study First Submitted: 2019-03-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-03-27
• Study First Posted: 2019-03-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-03-28
• Last Update Posted: 2019-04-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Perioperative nurse
• Employed at Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center

Exclusion Criteria

-Unable to provide informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group A: simulation training before instruments	Simulation technology	Group A performed simulation training before the recognition of real surgical instruments.
Group B:instruments before simulation training	Simulation technology	Group B performed the recognition of real surgical instruments without prior simulation training.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in time saved for simulation task	Day 1 and Day 7	Time saved is defined as the duration in seconds from the time the participant correctly submits an instrument prior to the maximum allotted time. Change is measured over repeated sessions on Day 1 and Day 7.
Change in number of errors for simulation task	Day 1 and Day 7	Number of errors are counted as the number of incorrectly selected instruments on the first attempt. Change is measured over repeated sessions on Day 1 and Day 7.
Change in total score for simulation task	Day 1 and Day 7	Total score is a gamification-based algorithm dependent upon the number of correct responses in the first attempt and time saved. Change is measured over repeated sessions on Day 1 and Day 7.
Difference in total score for knowledge transfer task	Day 7	Score is defined as the number of correctly identified instruments from the instrument tray during the instrument recognition task. The difference in score is measured between arms.
Difference in time for knowledge transfer task	Day 7	Time is the number of seconds (to a maximum of 45) taken to complete the real instrument task. The difference in score is measured between arms.