Immersive virtual reality for surgical training: a systematic review

RQ Mao, L Lan, J Kay, R Lohre, OR Ayeni… - Journal of Surgical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Immersive virtual reality (iVR) simulators provide accessible, low cost, realistic
training adjuncts in time and financially constrained systems. With increasing evidence and …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation of virtual reality in health professional higher education: protocol for a scoping review

SS Lie, N Helle, NV Sletteland… - JMIR Research …, 2022 - researchprotocols.org
Background The use of virtual reality in higher education show great potential to promote
novel and innovative learning experiences. Until recently, virtual reality has mostly been …

Towards Integrating Virtual Reality into Medical Curricula: A Single Center Student Survey

M Mergen, M Meyerheim, N Graf - Education Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Digital learning plays an increasing role in medical education. Virtual Reality (VR) has a
high potential for acquiring clinical competencies in a safe and immersive environment. With …

The effects of virtual reality learning environments on improving the retention, comprehension, and motivation of medical school students

N Gomes, Y Lou, V Patwardhan, T Moyer… - Human Interaction and …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract As Virtual Reality (VR) technologies have become affordable, portable, and
realistic, the use of VR for education is becoming a reality. However, while VR environments …

[HTML][HTML] Skepticism towards advancing VR technology–student acceptance of VR as a teaching and assessment tool in medicine

S Walter, R Speidel, A Hann, J Leitner… - GMS journal for …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: The high didactic potential of Virtual Reality (VR) contrasts with the point of view
of students that the technology only has a relatively low significance for current and future …

Reviewing the current state of virtual reality integration in medical education-a scoping review

M Mergen, N Graf, M Meyerheim - BMC Medical Education, 2024 - Springer
Background In medical education, new technologies like Virtual Reality (VR) are
increasingly integrated to enhance digital learning. Originally used to train surgical …

Impact of immersive realities and metaverse in the university training for health professions and medicine: a systematic review of preliminary evidence

S Gholamalishahi, VI Barletta, MV Manai, F Battisti… - Journal of Public …, 2024 - Springer
Aim Extended reality (XR) provides technologies that can create engaging and interactive
learning resources easily updatable in line with the learning needs. This systematic review …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and practical considerations in applying virtual reality in medical education and treatment

T Baniasadi, SM Ayyoubzadeh… - Oman medical …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite the benefits of using virtual reality (VR) in medical education and treatment, some
challenges and limitations result in the uselessness or misuse of this technology. Therefore …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of immersive technology applications for medical practice and education-trends, application areas, recipients, teaching contents …

YM Tang, KY Chau, APK Kwok, T Zhu, X Ma - Educational Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Experience API (xAPI) for virtual reality (VR) education in medicine

E Mangina, T McGirl, G Ryan, J Murphy… - … with Technologies and …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Experience API (xAPI) is an e-learning software specification that allows
learning content and learning systems to speak to each other in a manner that records and …