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Interactive 360-degree Videos for Teaching Gut Endoscopy to Undergraduate Medical Students

NCT07705815 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 68

Last updated 2026-07-15

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Summary

The study is a randomized-controlled cross-over study to evaluate the impact of integrating simulation-based teaching for gastrointestinal endoscopy for medical students. It will establish a novel pedagogy for teaching in a wide array of disciplines in healthcare settings. Building on an innovative virtual teaching platform, investigators will design interactive, immersive 360 virtual reality videos on Video-Vox with a facilitated structured debriefing platform in endoscopy teaching. In medical teaching, clinical exposure is indispensable to students' learning process. However, some premises are not easily accessible, such as operating theatres and endoscopy suites. By using 360 virtual reality technology, participants can be immersed in online screen-based learning in health situations that are difficult to visit in the real world.

The evident advantages of this technology will pave the way to novel approaches to medical education and training. Other real-life clinical settings, such as resuscitation scene in wards, surgical procedures in operation theatres, patient care in intensive care units, can adopt similar teaching platforms for the learner to get a 'first-hand' experience of the situation. The learning process is further reinforced by time-stamps and inquiry-based debriefing. This project will set a springboard for innovative pedagogy for undergraduate teaching in the medical curriculum.

Conditions

  • Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal

Interventions

OTHER

Simulation-based training

A series of 360-degree videos were produced to simulate first-hand experience of the endoscopy room. The videos aimed to replicate authentic situations for clinical decision making. Segments of actual endoscopic procedures conducted in the endoscopic suite at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, were filmed with a 360-degree camera. Additional footages were filmed with surrogate patients and healthcare professionals to demonstrate the common communication errors and pitfalls that may occur while obtaining consent and conducting the time-out process. For the post-recording editing, views showing endoluminal appearances captured during the procedure were magnified. The vital signs monitor display was highlighted to indicate clinical deterioration. The viewer can pause the video at any time and can manipulate the viewing angle to examine all directions of the endoscopy room. Guiding questions and prompts were integrated within the videos, and were configured to appear at specific time points.

OTHER

Didactic teaching

Participants attended a 60-minute lecture that provided an overview of the different types of GI endoscopy and their indications, as well as common complications and the steps taken to minimize their occurrence.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-01
Primary Completion
2025-12-30
Completion
2026-06-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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