Virtual Reality Training for Medical Students in Geriatric Care
This study is testing if using Cinematic Virtual Reality Training is better than a Traditional Didactic Lecture for teaching medical students about caring for older adults. The goal is to prepare future doctors to help older people who have multiple health problems like Type 2 Diabetes, hearing or physical disabilities, and urinary tract infections. You could join if you are a medical student at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, are 18 or older, and can read and speak English. The study will measure how well students score on a medical education assessment after 6 weeks to see which teaching method is more effective. The current status of this study is unclear.
- Study design
- This interventional study plans to enroll 100 participants. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the Cinematic Virtual Reality Training or the Traditional Didactic Lecture.
- What's involved
- Participants will either view 6 virtual reality episodes or receive a lecture on geriatric care. Their performance will be assessed on a graduate medical education readiness assessment at 6 weeks.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be assessed from enrollment to the end of the graduate medical education readiness assessment at 6 weeks.
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Using Virtual Reality to Improve Medical Training
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Elizabeth A Beverly, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Ohio University
Who to contact
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What this trial measures
- Number of Participants with Passing Score on Graduate Medical Education Readiness AssessmentFrom enrollment to the end of the graduate medical education readiness assessment at 6 weeks.
Participants will be asked to perform a comprehensive evaluation of the standardized patient, Henry Johnson. The case is based on a virtual patient case from the American Geriatric Society and the American Board of Medical Specialties. All participants will have 20 minutes to perform the clinical visit. The comprehensive evaluation will be filmed for all participants in the medical school's clinical skills examination rooms. Osteopathic physicians not involved in the study will be invited to score the videos of the participants' comprehensive evaluations. Graders will be blinded to the trial arm.