Virtual reality for social skills training

Abstract

Professional work involves a high degree of technical knowledge that must be acquired through years of study at school and university. However, it also involves other, more implicit, skills that cannot be easily learned from books or lectures. An important example is social skills, interacting with other people in potentially challenging professional situations. These social skills can only be learned through practice in realistic situations. However, real situations do not support the kind of deliberate practice required for improving skills. This paper proposes that Virtual Reality can provide a method of practising social skills that potentially allows deliberate practice in a safe setting. It reviews a range of studies by Slater and colleagues starting from the late 1990s that demonstrate the ability of Virtual Reality to reproduce the experience of social interaction. These studies show that people respond realistically to virtual humans, opening up the possibility of using them as a means of practicing social interactions. Two experiments in particular show this potential for medical training, involving general practitioners practising difficult consultations with patients. The paper concludes with suggestions for what is required to enable deliberate practice of social skills in Virtual Reality.

Peningkatan Keterampilan Bidan dalam Pemasangan KB IUD dengan menggunakan Teknologi Virtual Reality

“…Selama ini pelatihan dilakukan dengan kegiatan CTU (Contraceptive teqnology update), namun tidak semua bidan berkesempatan dapat mengikuti kegiatan tersebut, selain karena biaya juga waktu. Banyak metode yang digunakan untuk mencapai tujuan pembelajaran pada suatu pelatihan dengan mudah, saat ini dikembangkan berbagai teknologi untuk pembelajaran pratikum.Salah satu yang digunakan adalah teknologi virtual reality (VR).Virtual reality masih tidak banyak digunakan di Indonesia, VR banyak digunakan di Amerika Serikat untuk program pembelajaran pratikum serta simulasi.. (Gillies & 'Sylvia Pan', 2019;Kandalaft, Didehbani, Krawczyk, Allen, & Chapman, 2013;Khan et al, 2018) Virtual Reality tidak hanya menarik pada era revolusi industri 4.0 namun mampu meningkatkan kualitas suatu kompetensi. dalam rangka mencapai tujuan meningkatkan derajat kesehatan masyarakat Indonesia.…”