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MIxed ReAlity Versus Manikin Simulation in Basic Life Support Training for Medical Students: a Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial (MIRA).

NCT06832072 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 225

Last updated 2025-02-18

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Summary

Purpose: To compare the effectiveness of mixed reality and traditional manikin-based simulation in basic life support (BLS) training, making the hypothesis that mixed reality was non-inferior to manikin-based simulation.

Methods: Non-inferiority randomized controlled trial. Third-year medical students were randomized in two groups. The mixed reality group (MR) received 32 minutes of individual training using a virtual reality headset and a torso for chest compressions (CC). The manikin simulation group (MK) participated in 2 hours of group training with theoretical and practical sessions using a low-fidelity manikin. The primary outcome was the overall BLS performance score, assessed at one month through a standardized BLS scenario, using a 10-item assessment scale. The quality of CC, students' satisfaction and confidence levels were secondary outcomes, assessed through superiority analyses.

Conditions

  • Medical Education
  • Simulation-based Methodology
  • Virtual Reality
  • Cardiac Arrest (CA)
  • Medical Students

Interventions

OTHER

MR-BLS

In MR group, students attended a 32 minutes course, in groups of four students with one teacher. The course included 22 minutes of individual MR training using headset (HTC Vive Focus 3®) and 10 minutes of debriefing. The individual MR training contained a step-by-step BLS reminder, including chest compression practice. Then, students engaged in a standardized virtual scenario where they interacted with both virtual characters and a physical manikin torso. The headset overlaid digital elements onto the real world, allowing the students to perform BLS while receiving real-time feedback. The feedback system provided visual cues indicating whether their chest compression rate and depth were correct. The teacher-to-student ratio was 1:4

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sorbonne University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-12-01
Primary Completion
2024-04-15
Completion
2024-07-01

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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