Immersive virtual reality based on head-mounted display in medical education: a systematic review
The systematic review reveals that IVR is particularly effective in practice-based medical education. It highlights that VR demonstrates superior long-term knowledge retention and knowledge enhancement. A comprehensive evaluation of IVR use in medical education requires additional perspectives from teachers, and consideration from the dark side of IVR, i.e., technology-induced stress and time. Future IVR implementation in medical education calls for more efforts to address challenges in user adaptability, cost, privacy and regulatory compliance.
Authors
- Magdalena Kludacz-Alessandri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7011-2302)
- Wei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9027-4798)
- Ziyun Ding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1400-792X)
- О. М. Разумникова (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7831-9404)
- Jianjie Wu
- Maxim Bakaev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1889-0692)
Institutions
- Warsaw University of Technology (PL)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Novosibirsk State Technical University (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Published
- 2025-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-08154-y
- Primary Topic
- Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China