Clinical Trial

Virtual Reality to Combat Weight-Based Implicit Bias: BWH Pilot Study

Study acronym: BWH-VR-1
Enrolling by Invitation
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Summary
The goal of this pilot implementation study is to evaluate the impact of a virtual reality (VR) intervention on implicit bias for resident physicians. The main question it aims to answer are: Does watching VR experience of two clinical encounters reduce implicit bias association test scores? Is the VR experience an acceptable intervention tool for reducing implicit bias? Researchers will compare weight-based VR experiences consisting of two observed clinical encounters to a neutral education VR encounter to see if our intervention significantly impacts implicit bias association scores. Participants will be asked 1. Complete Implicit Association test for weight-based bias pre-intervention and post-intervention (immediately, at one week, and one month after the intervention) to assess their implicit bias 2. Watch either experimental clinical encounter videos or neutral education video using a VR headset 3. Participants will also complete an abbreviated IAT related to views on compliance
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT07283523
Lead Sponsor Brigham and Women's Hospital
Conditions Implicit Bias, Implicit Association Test
Enrollment 52 participants
Start Date 2024-11-19
Primary Completion 2026-11-30 (estimated)
Study Completion 2026-12-31 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2025-12-16