Is learning together in virtual reality better than learning individually for surgical teams training for complex operations?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Educational study examining learning complex surgery in virtual reality; Surgery

• Registration Number: ISRCTN32225943
• Lead Sponsor: Imperial College London

Brief Summary

2023 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37638414 (added 29/12/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-08-24
• Study Completion: 2022-10-01
• Last Update Posted: 8 January 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Surgeons: training surgeons FY2 - ST4 level, No experience performing supervised total hip replacements via the anterior approach, <10 THAs performed supervised using any approach. No previous orthopaedic or open virtual reality surgical simulation training

Scrub technician: Student nurses, Newly qualified scrub nurses or ODPs with < 1 year experience in orthopaedic surgery, Medical students. No experience scrubbing for anterior approach THR surgery, no specific training in THR instrumentation or technique, No experience of virtual reality surgical simulation

Exclusion Criteria

Surgeons: Performed supervised > 10 THR operations any approach, Performed supervised any anterior approach THA's, previous open or orthopaedic surgical virtual reality simulation training

Scrub nurses: > 1 year orthopaedic scrub nurse experience, specific training in THR instrumentation/ technique, scrubbed for any anterior approach THA operations, previous surgical virtual reality simulation training

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified