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.

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JMIR Formative Research
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2025-08-27
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https://doi.org/10.2196/64147
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Empathy and Medical Education
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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

Mayank Patel, Paul J. Hershberger, Thomas Wischgoll, Dixit Bharatkumar Patel et al.
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Empathy and Medical Education
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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

Mayank Patel, Paul J. Hershberger, Thomas Wischgoll, Dixit Bharatkumar Patel, Yong Pei
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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.

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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 — Mayank Patel, Paul J. Hershberger, et al. · JMIR Formative Research (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS