Immersive Virtual Reality in surgery and medical education: Diving into the future

Rizzetto, Francesco; Bernareggi, Alessandro; Rantas, Sofia; Vanzulli, Angelo; Vertemati, Maurizio

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.04.033

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“…Virtual reality seems on its way to becoming an integral part of education and training for medical vocations (Rizzetto et al, 2020), and the present study supports this direction. Future research should focus on the use of tools like the immersive anatomy atlas for medical trainees or students, especially in the early stages of teaching.…”

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Immersive Anatomy Atlas: Learning Factual Medical Knowledge in a Virtual Reality Environment

Gloy

Weyhe

Nerenz

et al. 2021

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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In order to improve learning efficiency and memory retention in medical teaching, furthering active learning seems to be an effective alternative to classical teaching. One option to make active exploration of the subject matter possible is the use of virtual reality (VR) technology. The authors developed an immersive anatomy atlas which allows users to explore human anatomical structures interactively through virtual dissection. Thirty-two senior-class students from two German high schools with no prior formal medical training were separated into two groups and tasked with answering an anatomical questionnaire. One group used traditional anatomical textbooks and the other used the immersive virtual reality atlas. The time needed to answer the questions was measured.Several weeks later, the participants answered a similar questionnaire with different anatomical questions in order to test memory retention. The VR group took significantly less time to answer the questionnaire, and participants from the VR group had significantly better results over both tests.Based on the results of this study, VR learning seems to be more efficient and to have better longterm effects for the study of anatomy. The reason for that could lie in the VR environment's high immersion, and the possibility to freely and interactively explore a realistic representation of human anatomy. Immersive VR technology offers many possibilities for medical teaching and training, especially as a support for cadaver dissection courses.

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Section: Accepted Articlesupporting

confidence: 81%

Immersive Anatomy Atlas: Learning Factual Medical Knowledge in a Virtual Reality Environment

Gloy

Weyhe

Nerenz

et al. 2021

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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“…Virtual reality is one of the achievements that can rightly gain the trust of students (Lopez Chavez, Rodriguez, & Gutierrez-Garcia, 2020). By creating a safe, realistic environment, they model situations that are otherwise difficult or rarely accessible (Rizzetto, Bernareggi, Rantas, Vanzulli, & Vertemati, 2020).…”

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Gamification in Education: Changing the Attitude of Medical Students Towards Dementia by Using Virtual Reality (Pilot Study)

Kollár

2020

pijtel

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The aim of the study was to change the attitudes of medical students towards elderly people with dementia in a positive way and to raise awareness of the importance of studying dementia in the elderly by using virtual reality tools. Hungarian (n = 20) and foreign (n = 20) medical students could experience what it would be like to be an elderly, demented person for 5 minutes by using a virtual reality application. Before and after the experiment, they completed a questionnaire and expressed their opinion on a Likert scale (0-6 points). The evaluation was made by using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The attitude of foreign and Hungarian medical students changed significantly in a positive way regarding the importance of studying dementia in the elderly (Z = 18, p < 0.078 and Z = 7.5, p < 0.187 respectively), judging the difficulty of lives of elderly people with dementia (Z = 20, p < 0.0078 and Z = 27.5, p < 0.002 respectively), judging their empathy for elderly people with dementia (Z = 32, p < 0.00112 and Z = 55.5, p < 0.0005 respectively), understanding thinking of elderly people with dementia (Z = 79 p < 0.0001 and Z = 59, p < 0.026 respectively), regarding the likelihood of taking steps to prevent their own dementia (Z = 27.5 p < 0.002 and Z = 27.5, p < 0.002 respectively). The study demonstrated the importance and the effectiveness of applying virtual reality tools in educating medical students.

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“…Negli ultimi anni, l'avanzamento rapido e diffuso della VR ha prodotto soprattutto contenuti di tipo immersivo, sviluppati inizialmente nel campo dell'intrattenimento, e ha, nel tempo, suscitato grande interesse per le sue possibili applicazioni nella formazione medica e chirurgica. La tecnologia utilizzata prevede un visore con display HD e dispositivi tattili, in modo che l'utente possa interagire con gli oggetti virtuali dell'ambiente creato in simulazione (55). Sono disponibili simulatori eterogenei, tra cui sistemi che creano modelli anatomici virtuali tridimensionali, i quali sono ricostruiti a partire dall'imaging radiologico della parte anatomica del paziente, consentendo operazioni di ingrandimento tramite zoom, visualizzazione panoramica e rotazione a 360 gradi.…”

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Governance nell’innovazione: Sanità Digitale, Mobile Health, Big Data, Virtual Reality

Burrai

Micheluzzi

Apuzzo³

2021

G Clin Nefrol Dial

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The introduction of modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) was one of the most remarkable innovations of recent decades. ICT brings with it a remarkable technological background that conveys all kinds of information and multimedia content with a significant change in human-technology interaction and significant implications also in the health sector. The constant process of digitization is increasingly affecting national health systems (SSN) and they turn out to be influenced by the process itself, where the literature shows itself in favor of the use of technologies in health, improving their effectiveness and efficiency. These include eHealth, Telemedicine, Electronic Health File, Big Data, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, ePrescription. The technologies allow, even remotely, to have an always active and direct contact, between the various professionals, and between professionals and users, and are also useful for the training of both healthcare professionals and users themselves. The use of technology in the healthcare sector should therefore be encouraged as it allows direct contacts between users and healthcare personnel, speed and correlation of data analysis, tracking, time and cost savings, reduction of errors and a positive environmental impact with a reduction in the use of printed paper. For all the points listed, the technological revolution in hospital and territorial care can no longer be postponed.

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Immersive Virtual Reality in surgery and medical education: Diving into the future

Cited by 32 publications

References 8 publications

Immersive Anatomy Atlas: Learning Factual Medical Knowledge in a Virtual Reality Environment

Immersive Anatomy Atlas: Learning Factual Medical Knowledge in a Virtual Reality Environment

Gamification in Education: Changing the Attitude of Medical Students Towards Dementia by Using Virtual Reality (Pilot Study)

Governance nell’innovazione: Sanità Digitale, Mobile Health, Big Data, Virtual Reality

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