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NCT Number: NCT04159389

Mental Visualization as a Learning Tool in Anesthesia

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Anesthesia Medical Education

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University Grenoble Alps

La Tronche, 38700, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

  • /

Treatment and study plan

Mental visualization

Other

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

Primary outcomes

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

    Time frame: 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 outcomes

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

    Time frame: 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

    Time frame: 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

    Time frame: 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

    Time frame: 2 weeks

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

  5. Psychological stress response : STAI

    Time frame: 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

    Time frame: 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

    Time frame: 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

    Time frame: 3 months

    Specific pre-established checklist : 5-point grid. Assessed by an independent evaluator using a phone call.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Grenoble Alps

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Learning Mental Visualization to Improve Performance in Anesthesia: a Randomized Controlled Trial by Simulation

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2022
First posted
Nov 12, 2019
Registry last updated
Nov 29, 2023

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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