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A Trial of a Video Game Intervention to Recalibrate Physician Heuristics

NCT02857348 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 368

Last updated 2017-08-24

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Summary

The objective of this study is to compare the efficacy of a video game designed to recalibrate physician heuristics in trauma triage with a standard educational program.

Conditions

  • Wounds and Injuries

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Night Shift

Night Shift is an adventure video game with the transformational goal of teaching physicians key characteristics of patients with non-representative severe injuries - injuries classified by the American College of Surgeons as life-threatening or critical but that do not fit the archetype of injuries typically requiring treatment at a trauma center. Players take on the persona of Andy Jordan, a young emergency physician who moves home after the disappearance of his estranged grandfather (Robert Jordan) and takes up a job in the local Emergency Department (ED). In the preamble, players learn they have two explicit objectives. First, they must diagnose and treat patients who present to their ED. Second they must solve the mystery of Robert's disappearance: was he murdered or has he simply chosen to disappear?

BEHAVIORAL

Educational Module

The educational module consists of two separate apps, both commercially available. myATLS includes a review of each chapter of the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) textbook, a series of videos demonstrating common trauma procedures, and clinical resources including checklists for use at the bedside. Trauma Life Support MCQ Review includes 550 multiple-choice questions with correct answers and explanations. The investigators will ask physicians to review the myATLS app and then complete questions in the Trauma Life Support MCQ Review, spending at least 1 hour on the combined tasks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Deepika Mohan, MD · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-10-31
Primary Completion
2016-11-30
Completion
2016-11-30

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