Virtual Reality Intervention to Support Clinicians' Firearm Safety Counseling Behaviors

NCT06108141 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2023-0469
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 130
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the efficacy of REACH Firearm Safety in a sample of pediatric residents. The main question it aims to answer are: Do residents who have completed REACH Firearm Safety have increased documentation in the electronic medical records for screening and counseling for safe firearm storage? Participants will be asked to engage in a virtual reality curriculum (REACH Firearm Safety). Researchers will compare the REACH Firearm safety group to a group of participants who complete an abbreviated online training.

Conditions

Virtual Reality; Simulation Based Medical Education; Firearm Injury

Keywords

Virtual Reality; Simulation Based Medical Education; Firearm Injury

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Percent Change From Baseline in the Percentage of Participants with documentation within the medical record of access to firearms.

  Documentation of discussion during clinical encounter of access to firearms.

  6 months

• Percent Change From Baseline in the Percentage of Participants with documentation within the medical record of counseling on firearm injury prevention.

  Documentation of discussion during clinical encounter of firearm injury prevention.

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

Resident Education And Counseling on Household (REACH) Firearm Safety

EXPERIMENTAL

Resident participants will complete a modified online self-guided American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Safer curriculum. Next, residents will complete REACH individually with a trained facilitator.

Behavioral: Resident Education And Counseling on Household Firearm Safety

Modified AAP Safer

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Resident participants will complete a modified online self-guided American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Safer curriculum.

Behavioral: Modified American Academy of Pediatrics Safer

Interventions

Resident Education And Counseling on Household Firearm Safety BEHAVIORAL

An intervention that includes a self-directed online curriculum and virtual reality simulations, designed to teach firearm screening and counseling among clinicians.

Also known as: REACH Firearm Safety

Resident Education And Counseling on Household (REACH) Firearm Safety

Modified American Academy of Pediatrics Safer BEHAVIORAL

An intervention that includes a self-directed online curriculum.

Also known as: Modified AAP Safer

Modified AAP Safer

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Resident with continuity clinic at either Kentucky Clinic South, University of Kentucky (UK) Internal Medicine and Pediatrics group, CCHMC Hopple Street Neighborhood Health Center, or University of Cincinnati (UC) Hoxworth Medicine-Pediatrics Clinic

You may not qualify if:

• Resident unable to read or speak English

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati: lead

Study Sites (1)

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 23, 2023
• First Posted: October 30, 2023
• Study Start: December 19, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2024
• Study Completion: December 31, 2024
• Last Updated: June 27, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)