Background COVID-19 has had a catastrophic impact in terms of human lives lost. Medical
education has also been impacted as appropriately stringent infection control policies …

Background There is a lack of evidence in the literature regarding the learning outcomes of
immersive technologies as educational tools for teaching university-level health care …

Simulation-based medical training is considered an effective tool to acquire/refine technical
skills, mitigating the ethical issues of Halsted's model. This review aims at evaluating the …

Due to increasing demands in the amount of content to be learned within a medical and
health sciences curriculum, there are benefits towards exploring options for new and …

Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and extended reality (XR)
are examples of immersive technologies that have the potential to improve medical practice …

Background The majority of undergraduate anatomy learning has shifted online, or to a
mixture of virtual and face-to-face teaching, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cadaveric …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent mandatory social distancing led
to widespread disruption of medical education. This contributed to the accelerated …

There is growing evidence that the use of simulation in teaching is a key means of improving
learning, skills, and outcomes, particularly for practical skills. In the health sciences, the use …

Disease education is a fundamental component in health science and medicine curricula, as
it prepares students for their progression into health profession careers. However, this …

The scientific literature highlights how Mixed Reality (MR) simulations allow obtaining
several benefits in healthcare education. Simulation-based training, boosted by MR, offers …