Virtual health education: Scaling practice to transform student learning: Using virtual reality learning environments in healthcare education to bridge the theory/practice gap and improve patient safety

The advancements in and affordability of technologies offer increasing opportunities to modernise healthcare education into packages developed to meet the expectations and requirements of the digital generation. Purposefully designed and tested Virtual Reality Learning Environments (VRLE) can offer...

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Published in:Nurse education today 2018-12, Vol.71, p.7-9
Main Authors: King, Denyse, Tee, Stephen, Falconer, Liz, Angell, Catherine, Holley, Debbie, Mills, Anne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affordability
Computer Simulation - trends
Curriculum - trends
Health education
Healthcare education
Humans
Learning
Medical education
Nursing
Patient safety
Patient Safety - standards
Patients
Real world learning
Safety measures
Simulation
Students - statistics & numerical data
Technology
Virtual Reality
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Summary:The advancements in and affordability of technologies offer increasing opportunities to modernise healthcare education into packages developed to meet the expectations and requirements of the digital generation. Purposefully designed and tested Virtual Reality Learning Environments (VRLE) can offer healthcare students the means to access and revisit learning materials in ways that enhance education and meet a range of needs; including those with specific learning differences and those who have traditionally been disenfranchised. Furthermore, this will make healthcare education much more readily available to those who have been previously marginalised by distance. This paper argues that Virtual Reality (VR) has the unique potential to transform healthcare education and suggests that more providers should consider collaborating with developers and investing in the technology.
ISSN:0260-6917
1532-2793
DOI:10.1016/j.nedt.2018.08.002