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Virtual Temporal Bone Surgery: Defining and Translating Metrics

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01493765

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Brief summary

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The goal of this project is to improve the efficiency of training and assessment of technical skill in surgical treatment of otologic disease. Through previous funding, we have developed an intuitive virtual simulation environment to be used as an adjuvant for teaching temporal bone surgery. Using direct-volume visualization techniques with integrated stereoscopic display, haptic (force) feedback, and aural simulation, we have achieved a straightforward, low-cost learning environment ready for translation into a practical training and assessment tool. This application challenges and seeks to shift current practice in clinical training by translating the simulation environment into a vehicle for curriculum development, technical skills assessment, and dissemination. The intent is to provide more accessible, inexpensive, safe, and deliberate practice with objective and continuous quantitative, objective assessment in the early stages of training.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01493765
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Observational
Phase
Not listed
Enrollment
96 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
Not listed
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
Jun 30, 2013
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2016
Completion
Jun 30, 2016
Last update posted
Jan 30, 2017

2013 – 2016

United States locations

U.S. sites
10
U.S. states
8
U.S. cities
10
Facility City State ZIP Site status
UC Irvine Irvine California 92868
Stanford Palo Alto California 94305
Iowa Iowa City Iowa 52242
Henry Ford Detroit Michigan 28322
Mississippi Jackson Mississippi 39216
Albert Einstein The Bronx New York 10467
Duke Durham North Carolina 27710
The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio 43210
UT Southwestern Dallas Texas 75390
Baylor Houston Texas 77030

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