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Interactive 360-degree Videos for Teaching Gut Endoscopy to Undergraduate Medical Students
Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
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.
Official title: Interactive 360-degree Videos for Teaching Gastrointestinal Endoscopy to Undergraduate Medical Students: a Randomized-controlled Cross-over Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
20 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
68
Start Date
2024-11-01
Completion Date
2026-06-30
Last Updated
2026-07-15
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
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.
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.
Locations (1)
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China