VR training could replace costly mannequins for emergency airway skills
NCT ID NCT04451590
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study compares virtual reality (VR) training to mannequin training for teaching medical students how to manage airway injuries. Forty medical students will be randomly assigned to learn using VR or a mannequin, then tested a week later. The goal is to see if VR can provide effective, cheaper, and more accessible training for this critical skill.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2021
- Finished
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Dec 2022
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥18 at time of consent * Medical student at U of T in 1st, 2nd or 3rd year * Able to attend two sessions a week apart Exclusion Criteria: * Lack of participant consent or capacity to give consent * History of significant motion sickness (during exposure to physical, visual and virtual motion, cybersickness verbally declared by patient) * Visual/hearing impairments that affect abilities to listen/watch videos/VR video
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences
Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada
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