Night Shift for Traumatic Injury

Overseen By Mary Beth Ryabik, RN

Age: 18+

Sex: Any

Trial Phase: Academic

Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh

Disqualifiers: Non-physicians, Trauma center physicians, others

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

Compensation: Varies

Number of Visits: 2

800 Participants Needed

Trial Summary

What is the purpose of this trial?

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effect of a video game on the implementation of clinical practice guidelines in trauma triage. The main question it attempts to answer is whether exposure to the game improves compliance with guidelines by emergency medicine physicians working at non-trauma centers in the US. Participants randomized to the intervention condition will be asked to play a customized, theory-based video game for 2 hours immediately after enrollment, and then return to the game for 20 minutes every three months for the next 9 months. Participants in the control condition will receive usual care.

Research Team

Deepika Mohan, MD

Principal Investigator

University of Pittsburgh

Eligibility Criteria

This trial is for board-certified emergency medicine physicians who work in non-trauma centers within the continental US and are responsible for triaging adult trauma patients. It's not open to non-physician healthcare workers, doctors working at both trauma and non-trauma centers, or those practicing outside the continental US.

Inclusion Criteria

You are a board-certified US physician who solely works in the ED of non-trauma centers and manages adult trauma patients.

Exclusion Criteria

Physicians who work outside the continental US

Physicians who work at trauma and non-trauma centers

Non-physician healthcare professionals who work in EDs

Timeline

Screening

Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial

2 weeks

Intervention

Participants play the Night Shift video game for 2 hours upon enrollment and then for 20 minutes every three months for 9 months

9 months

Initial 2-hour session, followed by quarterly 20-minute sessions

Follow-up

Participants are monitored for changes in triage decisions and patient outcomes over a 1-year period

1 year

Treatment Details

Interventions

• Night Shift
• Usual education

Trial Overview The study tests a video game called Night Shift designed to improve adherence to clinical practice guidelines in trauma triage. Participants will play this game initially for 2 hours, then engage with it again every three months over a period of 9 months. The control group will continue with their usual education without the game.

Participant Groups

Group I: Night Shift Experimental Treatment 1 Intervention

Night Shift 2024 is a customized, theory-based adventure video game in which the player takes on the character of Andy Jordan, a young emergency medicine physician who moves home after the disappearance of his grandfather and takes a job at a local community hospital. The investigators will ask participants to play Night Shift for 2 hours upon enrollment (or within 2 weeks), and then come back to the game quarterly to play it again for 20 minute booster sessions. They will unlock additional game content each quarter to make the experience more enjoyable.

Group II: Usual education Active Control 1 Intervention

Participants will receive their usual continuing medical education, but nothing additional.

Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?

University of Pittsburgh

Lead Sponsor

Trials

1,820

Recruited

16,360,000+

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Collaborator

Trials

1,841

Recruited

28,150,000+