All authors are with Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, England.
is a Medical Student.
J Grad Med Educ. 2023 Jun;15(3):328-338. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-22-00594.1. Epub 2023 Jun 14.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent mandatory social distancing led to widespread disruption of medical education. This contributed to the accelerated introduction of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technology in medical education.
The objective of this quantitative narrative synthesis review is to summarize the recent quantitative evidence on the impact of VR and AR on medical education.
A literature search for articles published between March 11, 2020 and January 31, 2022 was conducted using the following electronic databases: Embase, PubMed, MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, AMED, EMCARE, BNI, and HMIC. Data on trainee confidence, skill transfer, information retention, and overall experience were extracted.
The literature search generated 448 results, of which 13 met the eligibility criteria. The studies reported positive outcomes in trainee confidence and self-reported knowledge enhancement. Additionally, studies identified significant improvement in the time required to complete surgical procedures in those trained on VR (mean procedure time 97.62±35.59) compared to traditional methods (mean procedure time 121.34±12.17). However, participants also reported technical and physical challenges with the equipment (26%, 23 of 87).
Based on the studies reviewed, immersive technologies offer the greatest benefit in surgical skills teaching and as a replacement for lecture- and online-based learning. The review identified gaps that could be areas for future research.
COVID-19 大流行和随后的强制性社会隔离导致医学教育广泛中断。这促使虚拟现实（VR）和增强现实（AR）技术在医学教育中的加速引入。
本定量叙述性综合综述的目的是总结 VR 和 AR 对医学教育影响的最新定量证据。
使用以下电子数据库对 2020 年 3 月 11 日至 2022 年 1 月 31 日期间发表的文章进行文献检索：Embase、PubMed、MEDLINE、CINAHL、PsycINFO、AMED、EMCARE、BNI 和 HMIC。提取了关于学员信心、技能转移、信息保留和总体经验的数据。
文献检索产生了 448 个结果，其中 13 个符合入选标准。这些研究报告了学员信心和自我报告的知识增强方面的积极结果。此外，研究还发现，接受 VR 培训的学员在完成手术程序所需的时间上明显缩短（VR 组的平均手术时间为 97.62±35.59），而传统方法（121.34±12.17）则需要更长的时间。然而，参与者也报告了设备的技术和物理方面的挑战（26%，87 名中的 23 名）。
根据综述的研究，沉浸式技术在手术技能教学和替代讲座和在线学习方面提供了最大的益处。该综述确定了未来研究的空白领域。
