Faculty of Health University of Technology Sydney Sydney NSW Australia.
Bioethics and Medical Humanities School of Public Health and Joint Medical Program University of California Berkeley CA USA.
Nurs Open. 2020 Jul 1;7(6):2056-2059. doi: 10.1002/nop2.551. eCollection 2020 Nov.
An empathic approach to patient-centred care is a core of nursing practice. One of the methods to develop empathy, which is gaining currency is the use of virtual reality simulations in education. This paper posits some questions, does it simply reinforce a 'type' of patient, neglecting caring for the patient as unique, is empathy what results or is it pity, does it result in a greater distance being created between the patient and the health care provider? Can we ever really know what it is like to walk in a patient's shoes when what we experience through virtual reality provides a small snapshot of the vicissitudes of living with an illness or disability. We suggest that what matters most in simulations using virtual reality is how the student exits the experience and if they leave knowing just what patients 'like that' feel, or whether they leave with humility and curiosity.
以同理心为中心的患者护理方法是护理实践的核心。培养同理心的方法之一是在教育中使用虚拟现实模拟。本文提出了一些问题，它是否只是强化了“某一类型”的患者，忽视了将患者视为独特个体的护理，同理心是否是结果，还是怜悯，它是否会在患者和医疗保健提供者之间造成更大的距离？当我们通过虚拟现实体验到的只是疾病或残疾带来的变化的一小部分时，我们是否真的能够了解患者的感受。我们认为，使用虚拟现实进行模拟最重要的是学生如何结束体验，如果他们离开时只知道“那样的”患者的感受，还是带着谦逊和好奇心离开。
