Use of 360° virtual reality video in medical obstetrical education: a quasi-experimental design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Video-based teaching has been part of medical education for some time but 360° videos using a virtual reality (VR) device are a new medium that offer extended possibilities. We investigated whether adding a 360° VR video to the internship curriculum leads to an improvement of long-term recall of specific knowledge on a gentle Caesarean Sections (gCS) and on general obstetric knowledge.

Methods

Two weeks prior to their Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) internship, medical students were divided in teaching groups, that did or did not have access to a VR-video of a gCS. Six weeks after their O&G internship, potentially having observed one or multiple real-life CSs, knowledge on the gCS was assessed with an open questionnaire, and knowledge on general obstetrics with a

SUBMITTER: Arents V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8035054 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature