The role of extended reality technology in healthcare education: Towards a learner-centred approach

Logeswaran, Abison; Munsch, Christopher; Chong, Yu Jeat; Ralph, Neil; McCrossnan, Jo

doi:10.7861/fhj.2020-0112

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“…In this context, digital anatomy resources provide sophisticated tools for preoperative study, particularly complex surgical planning [ 45 - 47 , 49 ] ( Table 1 ). Although digital anatomy has unique attributes that can improve learning outcomes when compared with traditional learning methods [ 32 ], there is currently a shortfall in learner-centered implementation of digital technologies in health care education, where these technologies have the capacity to cause a paradigm shift ( Table 1 ).…”

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“…Junior medical students perceive the use of virtual dissection as a valuable tool for learning anatomy and radiology [ 27 ]. Evaluation of the effectiveness of anatomical education using digital technologies, including AR, VR, and MR, supports several pedagogy measurements, including student experience and satisfaction [ 23 , 24 , 28 , 30 , 31 ], learning performance and outcome [ 25 - 27 , 29 , 31 , 32 ], problem-solving skills and clinical reasoning [ 32 , 33 ], and postintervention knowledge and skills outcomes [ 34 - 36 ], with or without comparison with traditional teaching. Overall, these studies support the premise of applying digital anatomy as a means of curriculum development for more surgical-oriented training.…”

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The Opportunities and Challenges of Digital Anatomy for Medical Sciences: Narrative Review

Wickramasinghe¹,

Thompson²,

Xiao³

2022

JMIR Med Educ

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Background Anatomy has been the cornerstone of medical education for centuries. However, given the advances in the Internet of Things, this landscape has been augmented in the past decade, shifting toward a greater focus on adopting digital technologies. Digital anatomy is emerging as a new discipline that represents an opportunity to embrace advances in digital health technologies and apply them to the domain of modern medical sciences. Notably, the use of augmented or mixed and virtual reality as well as mobile and platforms and 3D printing in modern anatomy has dramatically increased in the last 5 years. Objective This review aims to outline the emerging area of digital anatomy and summarize opportunities and challenges for incorporating digital anatomy in medical science education and practices. Methods Literature searches were performed using the PubMed, Embase, and MEDLINE bibliographic databases for research articles published between January 2005 and June 2021 (inclusive). Out of the 4650 articles, 651 (14%) were advanced to full-text screening and 77 (1.7%) were eligible for inclusion in the narrative review. We performed a Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat (SWOT) analysis to evaluate the role that digital anatomy plays in both the learning and teaching of medicine and health sciences as well as its practice. Results Digital anatomy has not only revolutionized undergraduate anatomy education via 3D reconstruction of the human body but is shifting the paradigm of pre- and vocational training for medical professionals via digital simulation, advancing health care. Importantly, it was noted that digital anatomy not only benefits in situ real time clinical practice but also has many advantages for learning and teaching clinicians at multiple levels. Using the SWOT analysis, we described strengths and opportunities that together serve to underscore the benefits of embracing digital anatomy, in particular the areas for collaboration and medical advances. The SWOT analysis also identified a few weaknesses associated with digital anatomy, which are primarily related to the fact that the current reach and range of applications for digital anatomy are very limited owing to its nascent nature. Furthermore, threats are limited to technical aspects such as hardware and software issues. Conclusions This review highlights the advances in digital health and Health 4.0 in key areas of digital anatomy analytics. The continuous evolution of digital technologies will increase their ability to reinforce anatomy knowledge and advance clinical practice. However, digital anatomy education should not be viewed as a simple technical conversion and needs an explicit pedagogical framework. This review will be a valuable asset for educators and researchers to incorporate digital anatomy into the learning and teaching of medical sciences and their practice.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 93%

The Opportunities and Challenges of Digital Anatomy for Medical Sciences: Narrative Review

Wickramasinghe¹,

Thompson²,

Xiao³

2022

JMIR Med Educ

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“…The technology stimulates a user’s multiple senses, enabling the user to interact with realistic 3D virtual environments [ 5 , 8 ]. VR is different from augmented reality, which is another type of extended reality technology; while augmented reality superimposes digital data onto the real world, VR shuts out the real world and provides interaction with the simulated virtual world [ 9 ]. Simulated virtual worlds can be delivered in a nonimmersive or immersive manner.…”

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Virtual Reality in Clinical Practice and Research: Viewpoint on Novel Applications for Nursing

Son¹,

Ross²,

Mendoza-Tirado³

et al. 2022

JMIR Nursing

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Virtual reality is a novel technology that provides users with an immersive experience in 3D virtual environments. The use of virtual reality is expanding in the medical and nursing settings to support treatment and promote wellness. Nursing has primarily used virtual reality for nursing education, but nurses might incorporate this technology into clinical practice to enhance treatment experience of patients and caregivers. Thus, it is important for nurses to understand what virtual reality and its features are, how this technology has been used in the health care field, and what future efforts are needed in practice and research for this technology to benefit nursing. In this article, we provide a brief orientation to virtual reality, describe the current application of this technology in multiple clinical scenarios, and present implications for future clinical practice and research in nursing.

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“…Ong et al [59] Ophthalmology Ophthalmoscopy simulators Improves procedural success and reduces complication rates in ophthalmic surgery. Logeswaran et al [60] Healthcare education Pedagogical models Improved learning outcomes were identified through learnercentred models. Kosko et al [61] Teacher education Representations of practice Perceptual capacity assessment for theory and practice was performed.…”

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Advancing Education Through Extended Reality and Internet of Everything Enabled Metaverses: Applications, Challenges, and Open Issues

Jagatheesaperumal¹,

Ahmad²,

Al-Fuqaha³

et al. 2022

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Metaverse has evolved as one of the popular research agendas that let the users learn, socialize, and collaborate in a networked 3D immersive virtual world. Due to the rich multimedia streaming capability and immersive user experience with high-speed communication, the metaverse is an ideal model for education, training, and skill development tasks. To facilitate research in this area, we provide a comprehensive review of the various educational use cases and explore how enabling technologies such as Extended reality (XR) and Internet of Everything (IoE) will play a major role in educational services in future metaverses. Secondly, we provide an overview of metaverse-based educational applications focusing on education, training, and skill development and analyze the technologies they are built upon. We identify common research problems and future research directions in the domain. The paper also identifies core ethical considerations of metaverse for education and potential pitfalls. We believe this survey can fully demonstrate the versatility of metaverse-driven education, which could serve as a potential guideline for the researchers.

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The role of extended reality technology in healthcare education: Towards a learner-centred approach

Cited by 78 publications

References 42 publications

The Opportunities and Challenges of Digital Anatomy for Medical Sciences: Narrative Review

The Opportunities and Challenges of Digital Anatomy for Medical Sciences: Narrative Review

Virtual Reality in Clinical Practice and Research: Viewpoint on Novel Applications for Nursing

Advancing Education Through Extended Reality and Internet of Everything Enabled Metaverses: Applications, Challenges, and Open Issues

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