Mental Visualization as a Learning Tool in Anesthesia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anesthesia; Medical Education
• Interventions: Other: Mental visualization

• Registration Number: NCT04159389
• Lead Sponsor: University Grenoble Alps

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the benefit of adding mental visualization to a training program in medical education. Undergraduate medical students will be randomized before participating in a training program on airway management during rapid sequence induction. In the control group, participants will receive traditional teaching including theoretical courses and procedural simulation. In the intervention group, in addition to traditional teaching, participants will be trained and encouraged to practice mental visualization. The main outcome will be clinical performance during a standardized high-fidelity simulation of rapid sequence induction assessed using a specific pre-established checklist.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-10-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-11-07
• Study First Posted: 2019-11-12
• Study Start: 2020-01-06
• Primary Completion: 2021-12-05
• Study Completion: 2022-03-05
• Status Verified: 2023-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-11-28
• Last Update Posted: 2023-11-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 24

Inclusion Criteria

• Undergraduate medical students from the Grenoble Alps university hospital
• From the 2nd to the 6th year
• Volontary

Exclusion Criteria

• /

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Mental visualization	Mental visualization	traditional teaching completed by mental visualization : theoretical courses and procedural simulation on airway management during rapid sequence induction + mental visualization (theoretical courses, audioguide for individual practice and experience sharing session)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Clinical performance for airway management in a standardized high-fidelity simulation of rapid sequence induction.	2 weeks	All simulations will be videotaped and the clinical performance of each participant will be assessed by an independent evaluator using a specific pre-established checklist

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Psychological stress response : STAI	2 weeks	STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory), from 20 to 80, psychological stress response is higher when score is higher.
Memorization of key messages at three months	3 months	Specific pre-established checklist : 5-point grid. Assessed by an independent evaluator using a phone call.
Physiological stress response : SDNN	2 weeks	Heart rate variability evaluated by SDNN (Standard Deviation Normal to Normal), in miliseconds. Physiological stress response is higher when SDNN is lower.
"Intubation procedure" score, subpart 2 of the clinical performance grid	2 weeks	All simulations will be videotaped and the score of the subpart "Intubation procedure" of the clinical performance of each participant will be assessed by an independent evaluator using a specific pre-established checklist
Psychological stress response : Stress-VAS	2 weeks	Stress Visual Analogical Scale, from 0 to 100, psychological stress response is higher when score is higher.
Quality to Mental visualization : MIQ	2 weeks	Mental Imagery Questionnaire, from 8 to 56, mental visualisation is better when score is higher.
"Material preparation" score, subpart 1 of the clinical performance grid	2 weeks	All simulations will be videotaped and the score of the subpart "Material preparation" of the clinical performance of each participant will be assessed by an independent evaluator using a specific pre-established checklist
Adesion to Mental visualization	2 weeks	Frequency questionnaire for the use of mental visualization, from "0" to "\>1 per day". We ask the participant to use it once a day

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Grenoble Alps; 🇫🇷 La Tronche, France