An interventional study of Surgical Simulator and 10 minute exercice of videogame in Simulator-based Medical Skill Training, sponsored by Universidade de Passo Fundo. Completed at 1 site in Brazil. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-23.
Sponsored by Universidade de Passo Fundo · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
"In surgical practice, alternative training methods are being investigated to enhance laparoscopic skills. The potential correlation between video game playing and technical performance improvements raises the question of whether a brief video game exposure immediately before simulated surgical practice can yield tangible benefits in required tasks. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the impact of prior video game exposure on laparoscopic simulation performance among medical students and first-year residents. This is an experimental, cross-sectional study with post-intervention assessment, conducted at the University of Passo Fundo with 44 undergraduate medical students who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria, following approval by the UPF Research Ethics Committee. This project was developed through a literature review in electronic databases: Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Virtual Health Library (BVS), PubMed, UpToDate, and Google Scholar. The most relevant data were then compiled to guide the subsequent data collection."
Universidade de Passo Fundo is the lead sponsor of 15 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.
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Chronic gamers defined by criteria of the study with video game warm up before using the surgical simulator
Behavioral: Surgical Simulator · Other: 10 minute exercice of videogame
Chronic gamers defined by criteria of the study without video game warm up before using the surgical simulator
Behavioral: Surgical Simulator
Non chronic gamers defined by criteria of the study with video game warm up before using the surgical simulator
Behavioral: Surgical Simulator · Other: 10 minute exercice of videogame
Non chronic gamers defined by criteria of the study without video game warm up before using the surgical simulator
Behavioral: Surgical Simulator
Exercise of 10 beans in a Surgical Simulator Device
Also known as: Black box
10 minutes exercise in training mode of the videogame Valorant in a PS5 console.
Also known as: Videogame Valorant
Better score in participants with the intervention of the warm up
The score was defined by the evaluation of the videos of the participants using the simulator, made by two different and double blinded surgeons.
Time frame: From the enrollment to the end of the intervention
Better abilities in surgical simulators by chronic video game users
To define chronic video gamers we made and used a questionnaire, that questioned about frequency, types of videogame, types of platforms now and during the adolescence period. And the abilities on the surgical simulators were determined by the evaluation of the two surgeons as was said in the other item.
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the interventions.
Plan to share: No — We do not believe in the necessity or that it will benefit the cientificamente community to provide individual information about our participants. But we are open to share codified information about our results.
Ran from Sep 2025 to primary completion in Mar 2026, 5 months.
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