Aprile D Benner, Ni Yan
Classroom Race/Ethnic Composition, Family-School Connections, and the Transition to School
Applied developmental science
covid19 pandemic subsequent mandatory social distancing led widespread disruption medical education contributed accelerated introduction virtual reality vr augmented reality ar technology medical education objective quantitative narrative synthesis review summarize recent quantitative evidence impact vr ar medical education literature search articles published march 11 2020 january 31 2022 conducted using following electronic databases embase pubmed medline cinahl psycinfo amed emcare bni hmic data trainee confidence skill transfer information retention overall experience extracted literature search generated 448 results 13 met eligibility criteria studies reported positive outcomes trainee confidence selfreported knowledge enhancement additionally studies identified significant improvement time required complete surgical procedures trained vr mean procedure time 97623559 compared traditional methods mean procedure time 121341217 however participants also reported technical physical challenges equipment 26 23 87 based studies reviewed immersive technologies offer greatest benefit surgical skills teaching replacement lecture onlinebased learning review identified gaps could areas future research