Rebecca L Volpe, Bernice L Hausman, Katharine B Dalke
A New Construct in Undergraduate Medical Education Health Humanities Outcomes: Humanistic Practice
The Journal of medical humanities
light substantial improvements quality availability virtual reality vr hardware seen since 2013 review seeks update knowledge use headmounted displays hmds education training following comprehensive search 21 documents reporting experimental studies identified quality assessed analysed quality assessment shows study quality average according medical education research study quality instrument especially studies designed user evaluations educational vr products review identified number situations hmds useful skills acquisition include cognitive skills related remembering understanding spatial visual information knowledge psychomotor skills related headmovement visual scanning observational skills affective skills related controlling emotional response stressful difficult situations outside situations hmds advantage compared less immersive technologies traditional instruction cases even proved counterproductive widespread cybersickness technological challenges immersive experience distracted learning task