Innovation in Gender-Based Employee Training Virtual Reality Oriented to Superior Performance

This research is based on the importance of analyzing the effectiveness of the Gender Virtual Reality-Based Family Planning Field Officer Training Design at the Women's Empowerment and Family Planning Office of Asahan Regency. The aim of this study is to identify the performance differences of Family Planning Field Officers who participated in the Gender Virtual Reality-based training compared to those who did not. The research method used is a quasi-experiment with a non-equivalent control group design. The subjects of the study were Family Planning Field Officers at the Population Control, Family Planning, Women's Empowerment, and Child Protection Office of Asahan Regency, totaling 55 people. The research instruments consist of measuring the level of knowledge, practical skills, and attitudes towards the work of Family Planning Field Officers using a Likert Scale. Data were collected through questionnaires, written tests, observations, and superior performance assessments. Data analysis was conducted using the Welch's t-test model. Based on the analysis results with Welch's t-Box Plot, it was found that the distribution of values in the experimental group (X1) tended to be higher compared to the control group (X2), with the average value of the experimental group (81.53) being significantly higher than the average value of the control group (78.87). The obtained p-value of 0.027 (less than 0.05) indicates a significant difference between the mean scores of the Experimental and Control Groups. Thus, the Welch test results indicate that the Gender Virtual Reality-based training for Family Planning Field Officers significantly impacts improving employee performance compared to training that is not Gender Virtual Reality-based. This research provides an important contribution to developing more effective training methods to enhance the performance of field officers in family planning.