Virtual reality for experiential learning: enhancing agitation management skills, confidence, and empathy in healthcare students.

ABSTRACT: Agitation in healthcare, particularly in psychiatric settings, is a prevalent and escalating global concern. Despite its significance, healthcare students often feel underprepared to manage agitation, citing fear, stigma, and limited clinical exposure. Traditional teaching methods, such as lectures or simulations, are resource-intensive and offer limited opportunities for repeated practice in low-risk environments. Virtual reality (VR) offers a promising alternative, providing immersive, standardised, and repeatable training for high-stress clinical scenarios. In response, the education team at [redacted for peer review], developed the Managing AGgression using Immersive Content (MAGIC) programme. This three-hour blended learning workshop, a mandatory component of the psychiatry curriculum

SUBMITTER: Tay GWN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12329851 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature