Virtual Reality for Firearm Safety Counseling

(REACH_CCTST Trial)

Overseen By Francis Real, MD, MEd

Age: 18+

Sex: Any

Trial Phase: Academic

Sponsor: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Disqualifiers: Non-English speakers, Others

No Placebo Group All trial participants will receive the active study treatment (no placebo)

Compensation: Varies

Number of Visits: Unknown

130 Participants Needed

Trial Summary

What is the purpose of this trial?

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the efficacy of REACH Firearm Safety in a sample of pediatric residents. The main question it aims to answer are: Do residents who have completed REACH Firearm Safety have increased documentation in the electronic medical records for screening and counseling for safe firearm storage? Participants will be asked to engage in a virtual reality curriculum (REACH Firearm Safety). Researchers will compare the REACH Firearm safety group to a group of participants who complete an abbreviated online training.

Eligibility Criteria

This trial is for pediatric residents with a clinic at specific locations in Kentucky and Cincinnati. It's designed to see if a virtual reality program can improve how they talk to patients about keeping guns safely stored.

Inclusion Criteria

You are a resident with an established practice at either Kentucky Clinic South, Family Care Center Pediatric Clinics, UK Internal Medicine and Pediatrics group, CCHMC Hopple Street Neighborhood Health Center, or UC Hoxworth Medicine-Pediatrics Clinic.

Timeline

Screening

Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial

2-4 weeks

Training

Participants engage in a virtual reality curriculum (REACH Firearm Safety) and a modified online self-guided AAP Safer curriculum

6 months

Follow-up

Participants are monitored for documentation of counseling on firearm injury prevention and access to firearms

6 months

Treatment Details

Interventions

• Modified American Academy of Pediatrics Safer
• Resident Education And Counseling on Household Firearm Safety

Trial Overview The study tests the 'REACH Firearm Safety' virtual reality curriculum against an abbreviated online training, measuring its impact on residents' ability to screen and counsel families on firearm safety in medical records.

Participant Groups

Group I: Resident Education And Counseling on Household (REACH) Firearm Safety Experimental Treatment 1 Intervention

Resident participants will complete a modified online self-guided American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Safer curriculum. Next, residents will complete REACH individually with a trained facilitator.

Group II: Modified AAP Safer Active Control 1 Intervention

Resident participants will complete a modified online self-guided American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Safer curriculum.

Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Lead Sponsor

Trials

844

Recruited

6,566,000+