VR and live surgery boost med student skills in neurosurgery trial
NCT ID NCT07304570
First seen Jan 05, 2026 · Last updated Jun 21, 2026 · Updated 23 times
Summary
This study tested whether a 4-week hybrid curriculum combining virtual reality simulations with live-streamed neurosurgical procedures could improve decision-making and interest in neurosurgery among 112 fourth-year medical students. Students were randomly assigned to either the hybrid program or traditional online videos and readings. The goal was to see if this remote approach could effectively train students when in-person clerkships were disrupted by COVID-19.
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West China Hospital
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
What this could mean
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Active substance
VR simulation and live-streamed neurosurgical procedures
What this could lead to
If successful, this approach could become a new way to train medical students remotely, especially when in-person clerkships are not possible.
What could go wrong
This is a small, single-center study with medical students, not patients. The results may not apply to other training settings or long-term skill retention.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.