“…Virtual reality (VR) can be used to teach mechanical skills since it provides a hands-on and simulated real-environment experience to trainees where they perceive some level of realism while improving their skills and assessment (De Visser, Watson, Salvado, & Passenger, 2011;Rogers, DeSantis, Janjua, Barry, & Kuo, 2021). Since VR is a simulated environment that can be perceived as a reality by the user (Ma & Zheng, 2011), it has the potential to be used as training in medical and surgical education (Fertleman et al, 2018). VR can allow trainees to develop their surgical skills independent of a preceptor in a safe environment where no harm can be done to a patient (Rogers et al, 2021) while receiving feedback on their performance (Badash, Burtt, Solorzano, & Carey, 2016).…”