A Virtual Reality–Based mHealth App to Enhance Health Care Skills and Promote Health Equity by Empowering Health Care Professionals to Provide Empathetic, Compassionate, and Unbiased Patient Care Through Digital Experiential Learning: Qualitative Stu
This study delivers a comprehensive data-driven evaluation that validates the effectiveness of the mHealth app in enhancing health care professionals' skills and fostering health equity. It addresses challenges in health care education by delivering a scalable, accessible, and immersive learning platform. Supported by virtual reality technology and an experiential learning framework, the mHealth app presents a promising avenue to empower health care professionals with skills to provide patient-centered care in diverse, complex settings.
Authors
- Mayank Patel
- Paul J. Hershberger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7601-7197)
- Thomas Wischgoll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0000-3909)
- Dixit Bharatkumar Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7547-0977)
- Yong Pei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1857-0891)
Institutions
- Kennesaw State University (US)
- Wright State University (US)
- Tennessee Temple University (US)
- Chattanooga State Community College (US)
- University Surgical Associates (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Formative Research
- Published
- 2025-08-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/64147
- Primary Topic
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00