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While the United Kingdom has developed multidisciplinary guidelines and education for tracheostomy emergencies, such programs have not been widely implemented in the United States.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We evaluated the feasibility and effectiveness of an immersive virtual reality (VR) simulation training as a potential generalizable and scalable approach to tracheostomy-related emergency training.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Over the academic year 2023-2024, critical care fellows were randomly assigned to participate in tracheostomy emergency training either via immersive VR simulation or via small group discussion sessions facilitated by expert faculty. After each case-based educational intervention, participants were asked to manage 4 simulated tracheostomy-related emergencies involving common tracheostomy complications. Fellow performance was evaluated using a purpose-built task trainer. Three independent and blinded graders completed fellow scoring using a checklist assessment for which validation evidence was also collected. Fellows received pre- and postintervention surveys to measure attitudes toward VR training.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of 27 eligible fellows, 19 participated in the study, managing 76 simulated tracheostomy emergencies. There were 10 fellows in the VR arm and 9 fellows in the small group arm. Of a total possible 26 points on the checklist assessment, fellows in the VR group scored an average (SD) of 18.03 (3.39) compared to the small group score of 16.96 (4.41) (P\u2009=\u2009.558). Surveys indicated improvements in fellow confidence after the training and high levels of acceptance of the VR curriculum.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>An immersive VR educational intervention for the management of tracheostomy-related emergencies was feasible and well received by learners. There was no significant difference in post-training checklist assessment scores between the VR and small group participants, suggesting noninferiority of the VR intervention and contributing validation evidence to our task trainer simulation assessment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/atsscholar\/aapag023","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,25]],"date-time":"2026-05-25T17:59:08Z","timestamp":1779731948000},"page":"210-216","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Virtual reality simulation for tracheostomy emergencies: a randomized educational intervention"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"7","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-6236-5515","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jordan W","family":"Talan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine , New York, NY,","place":["United 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