ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2018
Virtual reality simulation in endoscopy training: Current evidence and future directions.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Virtual reality simulation training for health professions trainees in gastrointestinal endoscopy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Educating Outpatients for Bowel Preparation Before Colonoscopy Using Conventional Methods vs Virtual Reality Videos Plus Conventional Methods: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2021Trial
- B-onic Platform: A Single-Center Clinical Evaluation of an Integrated FabLab Workflow for Patient-Specific Surgical Planning and XR-Based Validation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Virtual Reality Simulation in Orthopedic Surgery Education Improves Immediate Procedural Skill and Knowledge Acquisition, But Evidence on Cost-Effectiveness and Skill Retention Remains Lacking.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2025Review
- Bridging traditional gaps in medical training with mixed reality: insights from bronchoscopy education-a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Review
- The implementation of computer-aided detection in an initial endoscopy training improves the quality measures of trainees' future colonoscopies: a retrospective cohort study.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Use Cases in Gastroenterology.Current gastroenterology reports · 2025Review
- Intraoperative bleeding model for swine gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection via heparinization.Endoscopy international open · 2024Article
- Reviewing the current state of virtual reality integration in medical education - a scoping review.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- The synergistic role of virtual coaching with simulation-based mastery learning for upper endoscopy.DEN open · 2024Article
- Virtual reality cricothyrotomy - a case-control study on gamification in emergency education.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Describing, Evaluating, and Exploring Barriers to Adoption of Virtual Reality: An International Modified Delphi Consensus Study Involving Clinicians, Educators, and Industry Professionals.Journal of medical extended reality · 2024Article
- Exploring the Role of Simulation Training in Improving Surgical Skills Among Residents: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2023Review
- Development and validation of a simulation-based assessment tool in colonoscopy.Advances in simulation (London, England) · 2023Article
- The effects of virtual reality-based bronchoscopy simulator on learning outcomes of medical trainees: A systematic review.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Simulator-based training method in gastrointestinal endoscopy training and currently available simulators.Clinical endoscopy · 2023Review
- Virtual reality psychological intervention helps reduce preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing carotid artery stenting: a single-blind randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Simulation-based mastery learning in gastrointestinal endoscopy training.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2022Review
- Use of a Dry Surgical Simulator Improves Orthopaedic Residents' Competency and Technical Skills for Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Innovation in Gastroenterology-Can We Do Better?Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Virtual reality simulation is becoming the standard when beginning endoscopic training. It offers various benefits including learning in a low-stakes environment, improvement of patient safety and optimization of valuable endoscopy time. This is a review of the evidence surrounding virtual reality simulation and its efficacy in teaching endoscopic techniques. There have been 21 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that have investigated virtual reality simulation as a teaching tool in endoscopy. 10 RCTs studied virtual reality in colonoscopy, 3 in flexible sigmoidoscopy, 5 in esophagogastroduodenoscopy, and 3 in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. RCTs reported many outcomes including distance advanced in colonoscopy, comprehensive assessment of technical and non-technical skills, and patient comfort. Generally, these RCTs reveal that trainees with virtual reality simulation based learning improve in all of these areas in the beginning of the learning process. Virtual reality simulation was not effective as a replacement of conventional teaching methods. Additionally, feedback was shown to be an essential part of the learning process. Overall, virtual reality endoscopic simulation is emerging as a necessary augment to conventional learning given the ever increasing importance of patient safety and increasingly valuable endoscopy time; although work is still needed to study the nuances surrounding its integration into curriculum.
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