ArticleFrontiers in public health2018
A Discussion of Virtual Reality As a New Tool for Training Healthcare Professionals.
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- The Effects of Immersive Virtual Reality Applications on Enhancing the Learning Outcomes of Undergraduate Health Care Students: Systematic Review With Meta-synthesis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
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- Comparison of the effectiveness of lecture instruction and virtual reality-based serious gaming instruction on the medical students' learning outcome about approach to coma.BMC medical education · 2021Trial
- Beyond the flat screen: evaluating virtual reality as a complementary tool for molecular docking in drug discovery.Journal of computer-aided molecular design · 2026Review
- Defining a target product profile for antimicrobials to treat severe paediatric bacterial enteric infections in low- and medium-income countries, caused byJAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2026Review
- Development of Virtual Reality Scenarios Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Health Sciences Education: Qualitative Approach.JMIR medical education · 2026Article
- Transforming thyroid disease education: AI and virtual technologies in residency training.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
- Exploring the role of virtual reality in preparing emergency responders for mass casualty incidents.Israel journal of health policy research · 2025Article
- Learning Motivational Interviewing in VR: A Feasibility Study Using Self-Reported Measures.Journal of medical extended reality · 2025Article
- An immersive virtual reality communication skills training for dietitians: A feasibility study.PEC innovation · 2024Article
- Immersive technology and hand hygiene: scoping review.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- The Effects of Immersive Virtual Reality-Assisted Experiential Learning on Enhancing Empathy in Undergraduate Health Care Students Toward Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment: Multiple-Methods Study.JMIR medical education · 2024Article
- Virtual Reality for Developing Patient-Facing Communication Skills in Medical and Graduate Education: Protocol for a Scoping Review.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- A review on cultivating effective learning: synthesizing educational theories and virtual reality for enhanced educational experiences.PeerJ. Computer science · 2024Article
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- Implementation of Virtual Reality in Health Professions Education: Scoping Review.JMIR medical education · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of Augmented and Virtual Reality-Based Interventions in Improving Knowledge, Attitudes, Empathy and Stigma Regarding People with Mental Illnesses-A Scoping Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Immersive training of clinical decision making with AI driven virtual patients - a new VR platform called medical tr.AI.ning.GMS journal for medical education · 2023Article
- The Trend of Metaverse and Augmented & Virtual Reality Extending to the Healthcare System.Cureus · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundVirtual reality technology is an exciting and emerging field with vast applications. Our study sets out the viewpoint that virtual reality software could be a new focus of direction in the development of training tools in medical education. We carried out a panel discussion at the Center for Behavior Change 3rd Annual Conference, prompted by the study, "The Responses of Medical General Practitioners to Unreasonable Patient Demand for Antibiotics--A Study of Medical Ethics Using Immersive Virtual Reality" (1).
methodsIn Pan et al.'s study, 21 general practitioners (GPs) and GP trainees took part in a videoed, 15-min virtual reality scenario involving unnecessary patient demands for antibiotics. This paper was discussed in-depth at the Center for Behavior Change 3rd Annual Conference; the content of this paper is a culmination of findings and feedback from the panel discussion. The experts involved have backgrounds in virtual reality, general practice, medicines management, medical education and training, ethics, and philosophy. VIEWPOINT: Virtual reality is an unexplored methodology to instigate positive behavioral change among clinicians where other methods have been unsuccessful, such as antimicrobial stewardship. There are several arguments in favor of use of virtual reality in medical education: it can be used for "difficult to simulate" scenarios and to standardize a scenario, for example, for use in exams. However, there are limitations to its usefulness because of the cost implications and the lack of evidence that it results in demonstrable behavior change.
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