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VR Episiotomy Simulation: Impact on Midwifery Students' Skills and Self-Efficacy (VESES)

NCT07235800 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 87

Last updated 2025-11-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aims to develop and evaluate a virtual reality (VR)-based episiotomy training simulation for midwifery students. Episiotomy is a surgical procedure performed during childbirth, and incorrect application may lead to serious psychological and physiological consequences. While traditional training methods often use animal tissues or synthetic materials, recent advances in technology have introduced simulation-based learning. VR technology has shown potential to enhance learning outcomes, confidence, and satisfaction among healthcare students. Despite its growing use in medical education, there is currently no VR training model specifically designed for teaching episiotomy skills. This study will design a VR episiotomy simulation, assess its effectiveness in skill acquisition and learning, and propose it as a new educational method in midwifery training.

Conditions

  • Use of Virtual Reality Simulation in Midwifery Training

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Virtual Reality Simulation Training

This intervention is a virtual reality (VR)-based episiotomy simulation designed for midwifery students. The training is conducted in an immersive virtual delivery room, where participants perform the steps of episiotomy incision and suturing using VR headsets, motion sensors, and hand controllers. The simulation includes virtual surgical tools and interactive elements that replicate a clinical environment. This VR-based training differs from traditional model-based education by providing a more engaging and realistic experience, aiming to improve students' psychomotor skills and self-efficacy in performing episiotomy.

BEHAVIORAL

Traditional Episiotomy Training

This intervention consists of a traditional episiotomy training session using physical anatomical models (manikins) in a classroom environment. The training includes hands-on practice of episiotomy incision and suturing on silicone-based or synthetic perineal models, supervised by the instructor. This method reflects standard educational practices in midwifery training and does not involve virtual reality or simulation technology.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Inonu University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Yuzuncu Yil University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sibel AKGÜL KARTAL, Lecturer · Yuzuncu Yil University, Faculty of Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-12-21
Primary Completion
2026-01-22
Completion
2026-04-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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