Mental Visualization as a Learning Tool in Anesthesia

NCT04159389 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CESAR002
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 24
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Anesthesia; Medical Education

Keywords

airway management; pedagogy; learning process; mental visualization; rapide sequence induction

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Clinical performance for airway management in a standardized high-fidelity simulation of rapid sequence induction.

  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

  2 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (8)

• "Material preparation" score, subpart 1 of the clinical performance grid

  2 weeks

• "Intubation procedure" score, subpart 2 of the clinical performance grid

  2 weeks

• Physiological stress response : SDNN

  2 weeks

• Psychological stress response : Stress-VAS

  2 weeks

• Psychological stress response : STAI

  2 weeks

Study Arms (2)

traditional teaching

NO INTERVENTION

theoretical courses and procedural simulation on airway management during rapid sequence induction

Mental visualization

EXPERIMENTAL

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)

Other: Mental visualization

Interventions

Mental visualization OTHER

Instruction in mental visualization by theoretical lessons and support of practice by audio guide and session of experience sharing.

Mental visualization

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Grenoble Alps: lead

Study Sites (1)

University Grenoble Alps

La Tronche, 38700, France

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Clinical Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 26, 2019
• First Posted: November 12, 2019
• Study Start: January 6, 2020
• Primary Completion: December 5, 2021
• Study Completion: March 5, 2022
• Last Updated: November 29, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-11

Locations

FR (1)