Virtual Reality-Based Simulation Versus High-Fidelity Simulation for Emergency Management Training in Medical Interns

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Virtual Reality-Based Emergency Simulation: Participants use an immersive VR platform to manage simulated patients with oxygen desaturation and anaphylaxis.

High-Fidelity Simulation: Participants use a high-fidelity simulator (Sim-Man) to manage the same emergency scenarios.

Study summary

This study is a two-arm parallel randomized controlled non-inferiority trial designed to compare the educational effectiveness of virtual reality (VR)-based simulation with high-fidelity simulation (HFS) for emergency management training in medical interns.

Participants will be randomized 1:1 to either VR-based training or HFS-based training for managing desaturation and anaphylaxis scenarios. After training and structured debriefing, all participants will undergo objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) and complete pre- and post-training surveys.

The primary outcome is OSCE performance score. Secondary outcomes include confidence improvement, participant satisfaction, usability (UEQ-S).

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• OSCE Performance Score — Immediately after training
  Mean total score of two Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) stations (desaturation and anaphylaxis). Scores range from 0 to 20, with higher scores indicating better clinical performance.

Trial sites (1)

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