Mental Visualization as a Learning Tool in Anesthesia

• Sponsor: University Grenoble Alps (Other)
• Overall Status: Unknown status
• CT.gov ID: NCT04159389
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 24
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Anticipated Duration (Months): 25.8
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 0.9

Study Details

Study Description

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.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Anesthesia; Medical Education	Other: Mental visualization	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Anticipated Enrollment: 24 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Official Title: Learning Mental Visualization to Improve Performance in Anesthesia: a Randomized Controlled Trial by Simulation
• Actual Study Start Date: Jan 6, 2020
• Anticipated Primary Completion Date: Dec 1, 2021
• Anticipated Study Completion Date: Mar 1, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
No Intervention: traditional teaching theoretical courses and procedural simulation on airway management during rapid sequence induction
Experimental: 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)	Other: Mental visualization; Instruction in mental visualization by theoretical lessons and support of practice by audio guide and session of experience sharing.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. 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

1. "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

2. "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

3. 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.

4. Psychological stress response : Stress-VAS [2 weeks]

   Stress Visual Analogical Scale, from 0 to 100, psychological stress response is higher when score is higher.

5. Psychological stress response : STAI [2 weeks]

   STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory), from 20 to 80, psychological stress response is higher when score is higher.

6. 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

7. Quality to Mental visualization : MIQ [2 weeks]

   Mental Imagery Questionnaire, from 8 to 56, mental visualisation is better when score is higher.

8. 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.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• Undergraduate medical students from the Grenoble Alps university hospital

• From the 2nd to the 6th year

• Volontary

Exclusion Criteria:

• /

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	University Grenoble Alps	La Tronche		France	38700

Sponsors and Collaborators

• University Grenoble Alps

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Pierre ALBALADEJO, Clinical Professor, University Grenoble Alps
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04159389
• Other Study ID Numbers: CESAR002
• First Posted: Nov 12, 2019
• Last Update Posted: Jan 27, 2020
• Last Verified: Jan 1, 2020

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: Undecided
• Plan to Share IPD: Undecided
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Keywords provided by Pierre ALBALADEJO, Clinical Professor, University Grenoble Alps: airway management; pedagogy; learning process; mental visualization; rapide sequence induction

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jan 27, 2020