Is virtual reality effective to teach prevention of surgical site infections in the operating room? study protocol for a randomised controlled multicentre trial entitled VIP Room study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Some surgical site infections (SSI) could be prevented by following adequate infection prevention and control (IPC) measures. Poor compliance with IPC measures often occurs due to knowledge gaps and insufficient education of healthcare professionals. The education and training of SSI preventive measures does not usually take place in the operating room (OR), due to safety, and organisational and logistic issues. The proposed study aims to compare virtual reality (VR) as a tool for medical students to learn the SSI prevention measures and adequate behaviours (eg, limit movements…) in the OR, to conventional teaching.

Methods and analysis

This protocol describes a randomised controlled multicentre trial comparing an educational intervention based on VR simulation

SUBMITTER: Masson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7311029 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature