PMID- 35107421
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220311
IS  - 2369-3762 (Print)
IS  - 2369-3762 (Electronic)
IS  - 2369-3762 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 1
DP  - 2022 Feb 2
TI  - Virtual Reality in Medical Students' Education: Scoping Review.
PG  - e34860
LID - 10.2196/34860 [doi]
LID - e34860
AB  - BACKGROUND: Virtual reality (VR) produces a virtual manifestation of the real 
      world and has been shown to be useful as a digital education modality. As VR 
      encompasses different modalities, tools, and applications, there is a need to 
      explore how VR has been used in medical education. OBJECTIVE: The objective of 
      this scoping review is to map existing research on the use of VR in undergraduate 
      medical education and to identify areas of future research. METHODS: We performed 
      a search of 4 bibliographic databases in December 2020. Data were extracted using 
      a standardized data extraction form. The study was conducted according to the 
      Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for scoping reviews and reported in line with 
      the PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and 
      Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews) guidelines. RESULTS: Of the 114 
      included studies, 69 (60.5%) reported the use of commercially available surgical 
      VR simulators. Other VR modalities included 3D models (15/114, 13.2%) and virtual 
      worlds (20/114, 17.5%), which were mainly used for anatomy education. Most of the 
      VR modalities included were semi-immersive (68/114, 59.6%) and were of high 
      interactivity (79/114, 69.3%). There is limited evidence on the use of more novel 
      VR modalities, such as mobile VR and virtual dissection tables (8/114, 7%), as 
      well as the use of VR for nonsurgical and nonpsychomotor skills training (20/114, 
      17.5%) or in a group setting (16/114, 14%). Only 2.6% (3/114) of the studies 
      reported the use of conceptual frameworks or theories in the design of VR. 
      CONCLUSIONS: Despite the extensive research available on VR in medical education, 
      there continue to be important gaps in the evidence. Future studies should 
      explore the use of VR for the development of nonpsychomotor skills and in areas 
      other than surgery and anatomy. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER 
      (IRRID): RR2-10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046986.
CI  - (c)Haowen Jiang, Sunitha Vimalesvaran, Jeremy King Wang, Kee Boon Lim, Sreenivasulu 
      Reddy Mogali, Lorainne Tudor Car. Originally published in JMIR Medical Education 
      (https://mededu.jmir.org), 02.02.2022.
FAU - Jiang, Haowen
AU  - Jiang H
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4801-7306
AD  - Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 
      Singapore, Singapore.
FAU - Vimalesvaran, Sunitha
AU  - Vimalesvaran S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5289-6537
AD  - Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 
      Singapore, Singapore.
FAU - Wang, Jeremy King
AU  - Wang JK
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7748-7211
AD  - Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 
      Singapore, Singapore.
FAU - Lim, Kee Boon
AU  - Lim KB
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3218-5233
AD  - School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 
      Singapore, Singapore.
FAU - Mogali, Sreenivasulu Reddy
AU  - Mogali SR
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0981-5607
AD  - Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 
      Singapore, Singapore.
FAU - Car, Lorainne Tudor
AU  - Car LT
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8414-7664
AD  - Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 
      Singapore, Singapore.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220202
PL  - Canada
TA  - JMIR Med Educ
JT  - JMIR medical education
JID - 101684518
PMC - PMC8851326
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - digital health education
OT  - medical education
OT  - medical students
OT  - virtual reality
OT  - virtual worlds
COIS- Conflicts of Interest: None declared.
EDAT- 2022/02/03 06:00
MHDA- 2022/02/03 06:01
PMCR- 2022/02/02
CRDT- 2022/02/02 12:14
PHST- 2021/11/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/12/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/12/25 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/02/02 12:14 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/02/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/02/03 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/02/02 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - v8i1e34860 [pii]
AID - 10.2196/34860 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - JMIR Med Educ. 2022 Feb 2;8(1):e34860. doi: 10.2196/34860.