The effect of degree of immersion upon learning performance in virtual reality simulations for medical education

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 125, Issue , 2007, Pages 155-160

  Gutiérrez, Fátima ^a   Pierce, Jennifer ^a   Vergara, Víctor M ^b   Coulter, Robert ^a   Saland, Linda ^a   Caudell, Thomas P ^b   Goldsmith, Timothy E ^c   Alverson, Dale C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MSC01 1070   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Knowledge Structure; Medical Simulation; User Interface; Virtual Reality

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EDUCATION AND TRAINING; HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS; KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES; LEARNING AND TRAINING; MEDICAL SIMULATIONS; TRAINING EXPERIENCES; UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO; VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATIONS;

HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; LEARNING; NEW MEXICO; PROGRAM EVALUATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34248582269     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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