Using Virtual Reality Head-Mounted Displays to Assess Skills in Emergency Medicine: Validity Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many junior doctors must prepare to manage acutely ill patients in the emergency department. The setting is often stressful, and urgent treatment decisions are needed. Overlooking symptoms and making wrong choices may lead to substantial patient morbidity or death, and it is essential to ensure that junior doctors are competent. Virtual reality (VR) software can provide standardized and unbiased assessment, but solid validity evidence is necessary before implementation.

Objective

This study aimed to gather validity evidence for using 360-degree VR videos with integrated multiple-choice questions (MCQs) to assess emergency medicine skills.

Methods

Five full-scale emergency medicine scenarios were recorded with a 360-degree video camera, and MCQs were integra

SUBMITTER: Knudsen MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10282911 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature