The purpose of this study is to evaluate the benefit of adding mental visualization to a training program in medical education. Undergraduate medical students will be randomized before participating in a training program on airway management during rapid sequence induction. In the control group, participants will receive traditional teaching including theoretical courses and procedural simulation. In the intervention group, in addition to traditional teaching, participants will be trained and encouraged to practice mental visualization. The main outcome will be clinical performance during a standardized high-fidelity simulation of rapid sequence induction assessed using a specific pre-established checklist.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
24
Instruction in mental visualization by theoretical lessons and support of practice by audio guide and session of experience sharing.
University Grenoble Alps
La Tronche, France
Clinical performance for airway management in a standardized high-fidelity simulation of rapid sequence induction.
All simulations will be videotaped and the clinical performance of each participant will be assessed by an independent evaluator using a specific pre-established checklist
Time frame: 2 weeks
"Material preparation" score, subpart 1 of the clinical performance grid
All simulations will be videotaped and the score of the subpart "Material preparation" of the clinical performance of each participant will be assessed by an independent evaluator using a specific pre-established checklist
Time frame: 2 weeks
"Intubation procedure" score, subpart 2 of the clinical performance grid
All simulations will be videotaped and the score of the subpart "Intubation procedure" of the clinical performance of each participant will be assessed by an independent evaluator using a specific pre-established checklist
Time frame: 2 weeks
Physiological stress response : SDNN
Heart rate variability evaluated by SDNN (Standard Deviation Normal to Normal), in miliseconds. Physiological stress response is higher when SDNN is lower.
Time frame: 2 weeks
Psychological stress response : Stress-VAS
Stress Visual Analogical Scale, from 0 to 100, psychological stress response is higher when score is higher.
Time frame: 2 weeks
Psychological stress response : STAI
STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory), from 20 to 80, psychological stress response is higher when score is higher.
Time frame: 2 weeks
Adesion to Mental visualization
Frequency questionnaire for the use of mental visualization, from "0" to "\>1 per day". We ask the participant to use it once a day
Time frame: 2 weeks
Quality to Mental visualization : MIQ
Mental Imagery Questionnaire, from 8 to 56, mental visualisation is better when score is higher.
Time frame: 2 weeks
Memorization of key messages at three months
Specific pre-established checklist : 5-point grid. Assessed by an independent evaluator using a phone call.
Time frame: 3 months
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