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ArticleJournal of advances in medical education & professionalism2018

The Applications of Virtual Reality Technology in Medical Groups Teaching.

Mahnaz Samadbeik, Donya Yaaghobi, Peivand Bastani, Shahabeddin Abhari, Rita Rezaee, Ali Garavand

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Article in Journal of advances in medical education & professionalism, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04937257 (Comparison of a Virtual Reality Versus an E-Module on Efficacy of Donning and Doffing PPE), which is not on this map. Cited by 50 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT04937257 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Comparison of a Virtual Reality Versus an E-Module on Efficacy of Donning and Doffing PPE: A Randomized Control Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorMontefiore Medical CenterRan2020 to 2021Enrolled54ConditionsMedical TrainingArmsVirtual Reality, E-module
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Mahnaz SamadbeikDepartment of Health Information Technology, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
Donya YaaghobiDepartment of Health Information Technology, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
Peivand BastaniHealth Human Resources Research Center, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Shahabeddin AbhariSchool of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Rita RezaeeClinical Education Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Ali GaravandSchool of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionVirtual reality is a new method for training different medical groups. Based on this technology, professionals and students of various medical sciences can determine their level of competence for medical treatment before any performance on the patient. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify the applications of virtual reality technology for training the medical groups.

methodsThis is a scoping review study conducted in 2016. Articles were retrieved through the search of related keywords in databases such as Pub Med, Scopus, Web of Sciences, Springer, and Google scholar. Then, after applying the entry criteria, 21 papers were selected from a total of 1343. Data extraction was done by a data collection form. The collected data were summarized and reported using content analysis technique according to the study purpose.

resultsThe findings of the study indicated that 11 cases (48%) have used virtual education technology for laparoscopic surgery training. Using virtual reality has improved learning in 17 (74%) studies. A higher accuracy in medical practice by people trained through VR has been reported in 20 (87%) studies.

conclusionThe results indicate that the application of virtual reality capabilities plays an important role in improving the performance of different medical groups. According to the results, it can be suggested that virtual reality capabilities should be used to train different medical groups based on their individual and collective needs.

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