38 certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) students will learn 5 different ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia blocks both with and without a novel device, the EDU which gives the student help finding the right needle path.
38 students enrolled in a course for ultrasound-guided nerve blocks will be participants in a study to evaluate the benefit of learning with ultrasound guidance. The EDU, a computer assisted guide for ultrasound interventions will be used for half the students for each of 5 nerve blocks/interventional procedures. Then the students will switch (crossover study) and perform the same interventions. Data will be recorded by dint of the tiny video cameras on the EDU and anonymized and evaluated.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
38
using the EDU to perform the procedure
University of Miami
Miami, Florida, United States
Distance to target
how close did the student come to the instructor-specified target
Time frame: Day 1
number of redirects
how many times did the student withdraw the needle and start again
Time frame: Day 1
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