PTSD Training for PCPs in a Virtual World
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
In brief
The overall goal of this project is improve access to and engagement in quality care for military service personnel and Veterans suffering with posttraumatic stress (PTS). Veterans often present to their primary care providers with symptoms of PTS and related physical problems; however, most primary care providers have not been trained to care for Veterans with PTS or communicate with them in ways that motivate them to engage in care. In this study instigators propose to design, test and prepare to implement a Virtual World PTS and Motivational Interviewing training for primary care providers by taking the following steps: (1) partner with stakeholders to iteratively design the training which takes full advantage of the affordances of Virtual World technology to enhance training interactivity, effectiveness, and durability, (2) perform a randomized control trial to compare the virtual world training with an online training, and (3) summarize the findings and prepare for implementation and dissemination of the new training by soliciting feedback from primary care providers who participated in the training and from original project stakeholders.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03898271
- Run by
- San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- People needed
- 200
- Starts
- 2015-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-10-23
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Primary Care Providers (PCPs) currently practicing adult medicine (including licensed internists, family practitioners, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, allied health professionals and trainees working in Primary Care setting)
- English-speaking
You may not qualify if…
- Lack of sufficient time to participate in all required training sessions, homework and evaluations.
- Lack of a computer capable of running the Virtual World software
- Retired or retiring during the study period
- Vision or hearing impaired or other disability precluding the use of a computer or telephone*
- While this is an exclusionary criterion for this trial, prior to broader dissemination, at the conclusion of the study, we will make accommodations in the Virtual World training to make it Section 508-compliant for persons with disabilities.
Where it is running
- San Francisco VA Health Care System — San Francisco, California, United States
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