Exploring the Use of 3-D Virtual Reality Simulation in Medical Education

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Three
  In Roundtable Session: Approaches to Quality Learning Environments: Active Classrooms, Technology-Based Learning, Classroom Support, and Student Engagement (Table 11)

Abstract

Though research has suggested the effectiveness of simulation-based learning, the adoption of simulation in medical education is still limited, and its effects on motivation is rarely studied. A quasi-experimental study was conducted with a group of undergraduate medical students in China to examine how simulation-based learning impacted student learning of human parasitology as well as students’ subjective task values, a key component of student motivation. The results suggested that simulation-based learning was more effective in improving students’ learning as compared to the traditional lecture-based instruction. In addition, the traditional lecture-based instruction had a negative impact on students’ subjective task values, while the negative effect was not observed in the simulation-based learning condition. The significance of the findings was discussed.

Authors

• Fei Gao, Bowling Green State University
  Presenting Author

• Rong Zhang, Nanjing Medical University
  Non-Presenting Author