Virtual Reality Instructional Design in Orthopedic Physical Therapy Education

Virtual Reality Clinical Trial

Official title: Virtual Reality Instructional Design in Orthopedic Physical Therapy Education: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effects of Virtual Reality With Role-Playing Learning

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this study is to assess the effects of virtual reality instructional design on physical therapy students' clinical decision-making skills, as compared with a traditional method of instruction with the same content and duration of exposure.

Clinical Trial Description

An online random number generator will be used to randomize students into one of two groups: virtual reality instruction or role-paying instruction. All students will complete self-reported measures of clinical decision-making and metacognitive awareness prior to receiving their allocated instruction. While completing allocated instruction (either virtual reality or role-playing), measures of diagnostic accuracy and diagnostic efficiency will be collected. Following virtual reality or role-playing instruction, all included subjects will complete post-test measures of clinical decision-making ,metacognitive awareness, and engagement. One week later, all included subjects will be assessed on a musculoskeletal objective structured clinical examination (mOSCE). ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Virtual Reality

• NCT number: NCT04754568
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Shenandoah University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2020
• Completion date: August 1, 2021