Lisa Schmidt, Nina-Alexandra Götz, Niels Hannemann, Birgit Babitsch
Disparities in COVID-19 related health literacy, knowledge, and the assessment of the measures taken in Germany: a cross-sectional study
Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health
aim study investigate whether presence teacher affects learning related outcomes teaching basic surgical tasks virtual reality vr headset 26 fourthyear medical studentsparticipated voluntary exercise students practiced basic surgical procedure exercises using vr4healthcare application vr oculus rift glasses 12 students performed exercises guidance teacher 14 without teacher present exercise groups filled feedback form statistical analysis performed using ibm spss statistics 250 software using mannwhitney u test multivariate analysis variance important data collected related whether student learned something new whether vr adds value medical education ratings based scale 010 0 worst 10 best teacher present average students felt learning something new gave average rating 78 18 teacher present 53 26 p 0003 vr added value teaching rating 78 17 teacher present 55 30 present p 0045 study also analyzed specific use vr abscess incision suturing insertion suprapubic catheter teacher present vr added value teaching usefulness usability vr experienced positively student also adequate knowledge subject taught vr training vr adds value teaching vr exercises may completely replace highquality traditional teaching methods consequently important determine differences vr traditional teaching methods combine methods future