Trial reportBMC medical education2023
Researching the application of virtual reality in medical education: one-year follow-up of a randomized trial.
Trial report in BMC medical education, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07079059 (Comparative Analysis of Virtual Reality Simulation Training on Clerkship Anesthesia Rotation Experience for Medical Students in a Canadian Setting), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers.
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Comparative Analysis of Virtual Reality Simulation Training on Clerkship Anesthesia Rotation Experience for Medical Students in a Canadian Setting
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of ChatGPT and DeepSeek in Urology Medical Education: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of VR and traditional training in medical education for mass casualty management: an OSCE-based randomized controlled trial.BMC medical education · 2026Trial
- Integrating ChatGPT in Orthopedic Education for Medical Undergraduates: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
- Medical students' experiences of mixed-reality-based anatomy instruction in a non-cadaveric curriculum: a qualitative case study.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- A comparative study of the effectiveness of virtual reality-based and text-based training in sterile preparation: pilot trial of early-stage clinical VR study.Journal of pharmaceutical health care and sciences · 2026Article
- Virtual Reality Versus In-Person Simulation of Sepsis for Medical Students: Randomized Comparative Pilot Study.JMIR medical education · 2026Article
- Real-Time Haptic-Based Soft Body Suturing in Virtual Open Surgery Simulations.Computers & graphics · 2026Article
- On AI's role in training professionals in assisted reproductive technology.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2026Article
- Simulation-based training and education in laparoscopic hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Review
- From Conventional OSCE to Virtual Reality-Enhanced OSCE: A Narrative Review of Promise and Pitfalls in Medical Education.Advances in medical education and practice · 2026Review
- Development and evaluation of a dental hygiene education program using scenario-based simulation method.Journal of dental sciences · 2026Article
- Case-based virtual reality simulation for penetrating facial wound suture skill training in medical students: design and pilot study.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Effect of Virtual Reality Simulation on Anatomy Learning Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2025Review
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- Exploring prospects, hurdles, and road ahead for generative artificial intelligence in orthopedic education and training.BMC medical education · 2024Review
- Immersive technology and hand hygiene: scoping review.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Virtual reality: The bridge between medical education and clinical practice.World journal of clinical cases · 2024Article
- Performance of ChatGPT on Nursing Licensure Examinations in the United States and China: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR medical education · 2024Article
- [Virtual reality in teaching using mentally ill patient avatars].Der Nervenarzt · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of using flipped classroom in puncture skills teaching.BMC medical education · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundCompared with traditional tendon repair teaching methods, using a virtual reality (VR) simulator to teach tendon suturing can significantly improve medical students' exercise time, operation flow and operation knowledge. At present, the purpose of this study is to explore the long-term influence of VR simulator teaching on the practice performance of medical students.
methodThis is a one-year long-term follow-up study of a randomized controlled study. A total of 117 participants who completed the initial study were invited to participate in the follow-up study. Participants in the VR group and the control group were required to complete a questionnaire developed by the authors and the teachers in the teaching and research department and to provide their surgical internship scores and Objective Structure Clinical Examination(OSCE) graduation scores.
resultsOf the 117 invitees, 108 completed the follow-up. The answers to the questions about career choice and study habits were more positive in the VR group than in the control group (p < 0.05). The total score for clinical practice in the VR group was better than that in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (p < 0.05). In the OSCE examination, the scores for physical examination, suturing and knotting and image reading were higher in the VR group than in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (p < 0.05).
conclusionThe results of the one-year long-term follow-up indicated that compared with medical students experiencing the traditional teaching mode, those experiencing the VR teaching mode had more determined career pursuit and active willingness to learn, better evaluations from teachers in the process of surgical clinical practice, and better scores in physical examination, suturing and knotting and image reading in the OSCE examination. In the study of nonlinear dynamics to cultivate a good learning model for medical students, the VR teaching model is expected to become an effective and stable initial sensitive element.
trial registrationChinese Clinical Trial Registry(25/05/2021, ChiCTR2100046648); http://www.chictr.org.cn/hvshowproject.aspx?id=90180 .
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