• Traditional medical education typically consists of two years of didactic, lecture-based education {Years 1 and 2), as well as two years of clinical clerkships and patient interactions {Years 3 and 4)

• December 2019: COVID-19 (highly contagious virus) ➔ global pandemic ➔ closure of schools o COVID-19 has led to extensive disruption of medical education and training, causing urgency to implement and develop solutions to combat this educational disturbance o Considering the COVI0-19 pandemic, it is important to be prepared for and adapt to new methods of learning in education o Virtual-reality and augmented reality (VR/AR) provide a promising future for the enhancement of medical education • Objective: This review aims to evaluate the benefits and efficacy of augmented and virtual reality, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Methods: Using several peer-reviewed, randomized trials, we review the advantages of implementing VR/AR into medical school education

Creator

• Born, Gabriella

• Harmon, Lauren

• Caruso, Jessica

• Dufeau, David

Language

• English

Palavra-chave

• COVID-19

• vitrual reality

• medical education and training

Date created

• 2020

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Resource type

• Poster

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/