Using virtual reality in medical education to teach empathy

Objective: The project adopted technology that teaches medical and other health professions students to be empathic with older adults, through virtual reality (VR) software that allows them to simulate being a patient with age-related diseases, and to familiarize medical students with information re...

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Published in:Journal of the Medical Library Association 2018-10, Vol.106 (4), p.498-500
Main Authors: Dyer, Elizabeth, Swartzlander, Barbara J., Gugliucci, Marilyn R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Age
Age differences
Age-Related Diseases
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Alzheimer's disease
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Best practice
College faculty
Computer-Assisted Instruction - methods
Curricula
Curriculum
Deafness
Disease
Educational aspects
Educational technology
Empathy
Faculty-Librarian Collaboration
Health
Health education
Health Occupations - education
Health problems
Health promotion
Hearing loss
Humans
Information sources
Librarians
Libraries
Library staff
Macular degeneration
Medical Education
Medical personnel
Medical schools
Medical students
Medical technology
Methods
Nursing
Older Adults
Older people
Partnerships
Patients
Physician Assistant
Physicians
Physiotherapy
Professional education
Professions
Students
Students, Health Occupations
Study and teaching
Teaching
Teaching methods
Technology application
Training
User experience
User services
Virtual Projects
Virtual Reality
Workforce
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