The Feasibility of Virtual Reality and Student-Led Simulation Training as Methods of Lumbar Puncture Instruction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited data assessing simulation and virtual reality training as a standardized tool in medical education. This feasibility study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual reality training and a student-led simulation module in preparing medical students to perform a lumbar puncture.

Methods

Twenty-five medical students completed a pre-intervention survey, and a baseline video recorded lumbar puncture procedure on a task trainer. Students were randomly distributed into the virtual reality group, or the curriculum's standard student-led procedural instruction group. Participants were then given 45 min to practice the lumbar puncture procedure. After the intervention, all participants were video recorded again as they performed a post-intervention lum

SUBMITTER: Roehr M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8368585 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature