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doi:10.22028/D291-40281
Title: | Reviewing the current state of virtual reality integration in medical education : a scoping review protocol |
Author(s): | Mergen, Marvin Meyerheim, Marcel Graf, Norbert |
Language: | English |
Title: | Systematic Reviews |
Volume: | 12 |
Issue: | 1 |
Publisher/Platform: | BMC |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Free key words: | Digitalization Medical education Medical school Medical training Virtual reality |
DDC notations: | 610 Medicine and health |
Publikation type: | Journal Article |
Abstract: | Background Due to an increasing focus of medical curricula on clinical decision-making skills, new learning tools are constantly developed. Virtual reality (VR) is one of the emerging technologies with the potential to improve health professionals’ education. Highly realistic learning experiences with repeatable training scenarios can be created within a protected environment that is independent from real patients’ presence. Our project “medical tr.AI.ning” is following this approach aiming to simulate immersive virtual frst-person scenarios with intelligent, interactable virtual patients. So far, VR has been mainly used in surgical training, but there is evidence for efectiveness in training diferent procedural skills, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, knowledge acquisition, and improvement of reasoning and creativity, while still being cost-efective. The objective of this scoping review is to explore the usage and identify key areas of VR applications in the feld of medical education. Furthermore, the corresponding requirements, evaluation methods and outcomes, advantages, and disadvantages will be covered. Methods This scoping review protocol implements the updated JBI Scoping Review Methodology. In March 2022, a preliminary literature research in PubMed was performed by two independent reviewers to refne search terms and strategy as well as inclusion criteria of the protocol, accounting for actuality and scientifc relevance. The fnal search will be conducted using PubMed, ScienceDirect, Cochrane Library, Web of Science Core Collection, and JBI Evidence Synthesis. Search, study screening, and data extraction will be done in parallel and independently by two reviewers. Discrepancies will be handled by consensus or consulting a third review author. Discussion With this scoping review, we anticipate collating the range of application of VR in medical education while using a transparent and reproducible search strategy. This may contribute to the design and development of novel educational VR platforms and their integration into medical curricula while pointing out previous omissions and pitfalls. |
DOI of the first publication: | 10.1186/s13643-023-02266-6 |
URL of the first publication: | https://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13643-023-02266-6 |
Link to this record: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-402814 hdl:20.500.11880/36194 http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-40281 |
ISSN: | 2046-4053 |
Date of registration: | 8-Aug-2023 |
Description of the related object: | Supplementary Information |
Related object: | https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1186%2Fs13643-023-02266-6/MediaObjects/13643_2023_2266_MOESM1_ESM.docx |
Faculty: | M - Medizinische Fakultät |
Department: | M - Pädiatrie |
Professorship: | M - Prof. Dr. Norbert Graf |
Collections: | SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes |
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