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A systematic review of immersive technology applications for medical practice and education - Trends, application areas, recipients, teaching contents, evaluation methods, and performance

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Tang, Yuk Ming, Chau, Ka Yin, Kwok, Alex Pak Ki, Zhu, Tongcun, Ma, Xiangdong·2022·Educational Research Review
DOI 10.1016/j.edurev.2021.100429
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Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and extended reality (XR) are examples of immersive technologies that have the potential to improve medical practice and education. As a result, they have recently sparked much research interest. However, there are few reviews related to the use of immersive technologies (including VR, AR, MR, and XR) in medical practice and education. Remarkably, six research questions related to the trends, application areas, recipients, teaching contents, evaluation methods, and performance remain unanswered. To this end, this study conducts a systematic review to analyse 128 articles from 2012 source papers, all of which are indexed in the Web of Science. The review results indicate that immersive technology is currently used primarily on surgery and anatomy-related subjects for doctors, medical students and interns. Furthermore, group experiments are the most commonly used data collection method. The results provide insights into the current research trends related to immersive technology applications for medical practice and education. They also serve as an essential reference for scholars in the medical practice and education contexts.

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Authors
Tang, Y. M., Chau, K. Y., Kwok, A. P. K., Zhu, T., & Ma, X.
Venue
Educational Research Review
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-02
Volume
35
Pages
100429
ISSN
1747-938X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.edurev.2021.100429
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Tang, Y. M., Chau, K. Y., Kwok, A. P. K., Zhu, T., & Ma, X. (2022). A systematic review of immersive technology applications for medical practice and education - Trends, application areas, recipients, teaching contents, evaluation methods, and performance. Educational Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2021.100429

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