Increased medical student understanding of dementia through virtual embodiment

Bard, Jason T; Chung, Hannah K; Shaia, Jacqueline; Wellman, Laurie L.; Elzie, Carrie

doi:10.1080/02701960.2022.2067850

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“…The practices can be delivered through various channels, including Virtual Reality goggles, screens, audio overlay, and other systems. Five reports [ 45 , 57 , 58 , 61 , 79 ] describe five different Virtual Reality programmes. Three of them [ 45 , 61 , 79 ] utilised smartphone apps (in combination with VR goggles) to create an immersive first-person simulation that allows participants to directly experience situations people with dementia may encounter.…”

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“…Five reports [ 45 , 57 , 58 , 61 , 79 ] describe five different Virtual Reality programmes. Three of them [ 45 , 61 , 79 ] utilised smartphone apps (in combination with VR goggles) to create an immersive first-person simulation that allows participants to directly experience situations people with dementia may encounter. In some cases, participants were given the option to choose between different scenarios.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Barriers : Providers noted that the use of VR goggles can be challenging for participants who wear glasses or have visual impairment, as well as for those prone to motion sickness [ 45 ]. They also pointed out that the initial cost of equipment and software can be prohibitive [ 45 ].…”

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“…Facilitators : Previous exposure to VR experience was seen as beneficial, as it improved participants’ perception of the intervention [ 45 ].…”

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Exploring self-experience practices in dementia care: A scoping review

Wittmann,

Bieber,

Carroll

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Background Recognised as essential for high-quality dementia service, person-centred care aims to understand and respect the unique needs of each individual. Self-experience practices may offer caregivers an opportunity to acquire knowledge, empathy, and skills related to person-centred care, especially through recreating experiences similar to dementia. Given the need to enhance the understanding of self-experience practices in dementia care, a more comprehensive investigation of these training interventions for (future) caregivers is needed. Methods We conducted a scoping review to map the evidence on the use of self-experience practices in dementia training. We systematically searched Cochrane Library, MEDLINE via PubMed, CINAHL, and Web of Science. We also searched for grey literature, as well as registry entries, and conducted backward citation tracking of included reviews. We analysed data on intervention characteristics, factors influencing the implementation, and learning outcomes based on Kirkpatrick’s model. Results We included 44 reports across 30 intervention programmes. The majority of reports (91%) were published from 2016 onwards, with 32% originating from the USA and 25% from the UK. We identified passive, interactive, immersive, and multicomponent self-experience interventions in dementia education and training. Learning outcomes based on Kirkpatrick’s model were fairly distributed across all identified modalities. Both consumers and providers emphasised aspects related to the development and implementation of practices, particularly organisational-related considerations such as temporal and spatial planning of trainings. Conclusions Our review highlights diverse interventions incorporating self-experience practices, with an increasing role for technological tools. While self-experience interventions engage participants, the impact on individuals with dementia and organisational levels remain largely unreported. Our overview, informed by current literature, underscores unique considerations and challenges associated with dementia-related self-experience practices. Implementing and evaluating complex training interventions using self-experience practices should consider ethical aspects. Trial registration Registry: Registered within the Open Science Framework (available at https://osf.io/fycxa/).

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

“…Facilitators : Previous exposure to VR experience was seen as beneficial, as it improved participants’ perception of the intervention [ 45 ].…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Exploring self-experience practices in dementia care: A scoping review

Wittmann,

Bieber,

Carroll

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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“…There is already evidence that VR technology can expand caregivers' understanding of how it is to walk in someone else's shoes. VR applications designed to aid participants to experience dementia improved the understanding of patients' condition and prompted empathic concern in both informal caregivers (Wijma et al, 2018) and medical students (Bard et al, 2023). It would be a training opportunity for caregivers to experience simulated scenarios in virtual reality where they face morally complicated situations (Francis et al, 2017).…”

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Virtual reality as an aged care technology – opportunities and limitations from a qualitative study

Felber,

Mihailov,

Wangmo

2023

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The metaverse, a virtual, three-dimensional and interactive world that is accessible through virtual reality (VR) technology, is gaining interest in healthcare and medical research. VR, as its precursor, already offers opportunity for healthcare itself, due to its capabilities to overcome distances, create safe, customized environments and allow immersive, powerful experiences. Older adults, who often suffer from reduced mobility, could thus greatly benefit from VR. This qualitative study explores the perceptions of older adults and their caregivers, formal and informal, on VR and its potential use in aged care. The study reveals that all stakeholder groups foresee potential of VR as an entertaining and therapeutic technology, but that they also worry about VRs’ impact on loneliness, the cognitive capabilities needed to use it, as well as its safety for older adults. Our study identifies clear opportunities for VR technology in aged care and points to important prejudices that need to be dismantled before VR will be widely adopted as a technology in aged care.

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