An Integrated Review: Virtual Reality Simulation for Disaster Preparedness Training in Hospitals (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Younhyun Jung
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Hospital Environment ◽  
Virtual Reality Simulation ◽  
Clinical Implementation ◽  
Clinical Practices ◽  
And Training

BACKGROUND A critical component of disaster preparedness in hospital is experiential education and training of healthcare professionals. Live drill is a well-established training approach, but cost restraints and logistic constraints make clinical implementation challenging, and training opportunities with live drills may be severely limited. Virtual reality simulation (VRS) technology may offer a viable alternative with its inherent features of reproducibility, just-in-time training, and repeatability. OBJECTIVE This integrated review examines the scientific evidence pertaining to the effectiveness of VRS and its usefulness in training healthcare professionals for in-hospital disaster preparedness. METHODS A well-known five-stage methodology was used for the review process. The review process consisted of identification of the problem and purposes, a defined literature search strategy and inclusion criteria determination, evaluation and analysis of collected studies, and presentation of findings. A search of diverse publication repositories was performed. They included Web of Science (WOS), PubMed (PMD), and Embase (EMB). RESULTS The review resulted in twelve studies included. Principle findings identified three major themes including: capabilities of VRS (i) to virtually replicate hospital environment and clinical practices; (ii) to improve learning effects; and (iii) enable cost-effective implementation. CONCLUSIONS The findings from the review suggested VRS could be a competitive, cost-effective adjunct to existing training approaches. As VR continues to evolve in all technological aspects, it is anticipated that studies using VRS can become more vitalized in clinical domain while addressing currently unsolved issues.

scholarly journals Effect of virtual reality simulation training on the response capability of public health emergency reserve nurses in China: a quasiexperimental study

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. e048611
Author(s):  
Dandan Zhang ◽  
Hongwu Liao ◽  
Yitong Jia ◽  
Wenren Yang ◽  
Pingping He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Simulation Training ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Virtual Reality Simulation ◽  
Response Capacity

ObjectiveTo develop a virtual reality simulation training programme, and further verify the effect of the programme on improving the response capacity of emergency reserve nurses confronting public health emergencies.DesignA prospective quasiexperimental design with a control group.ParticipantsA total of 120 nurses were recruited and randomly divided into the control group and the intervention group.InterventionParticipants underwent a 3-month training. The control group received the conventional training of emergency response (eg, theoretical lectures, technical skills and psychological training), while the intervention group underwent the virtual reality simulation training in combination with skills training. The COVID-19 cases were incorporated into the intervention group training, and the psychological training was identical to both groups. At the end of the training, each group conducted emergency drills twice. Before and after the intervention, the two groups were assessed for the knowledge and technical skills regarding responses to fulminate respiratory infectious diseases, as well as the capacity of emergency care. Furthermore, their pandemic preparedness was assessed with a disaster preparedness questionnaire.ResultsAfter the intervention, the scores of the relevant knowledge, the capacity of emergency care and disaster preparedness in the intervention group significantly increased (p<0.01). The score of technical skills in the control group increased more significantly than that of the intervention group (p<0.01). No significant difference was identified in the scores of postdisaster management in two groups (p>0.05).ConclusionThe virtual reality simulation training in combination with technical skills training can improve the response capacity of emergency reserve nurses as compared with the conventional training. The findings of the study provide some evidence for the emergency training of reserve nurses in better response to public health emergencies and suggest this methodology is worthy of further research and popularisation.

Dentists: Critical aspects of their own and their community’s disaster preparedness plan

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-296
Author(s):  
David L. Glotzer, DDS ◽  
Sharon C. Perelman, DDS, MMI ◽  
Mark S. Wolff, DDS, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Preparedness Plan ◽  
Evacuation Plan ◽  
And Training ◽  
Critical Aspects

The weather-related disasters in 2017 in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, the 2017-2018 wildfire seasons in California and Hurricanes Florence and Michael in 2018 have challenged all healthcare professionals, to have plans in place to protect their facility, patients, and staff from all possible hazards. These were “slowly developing” events, with enormous media coverage, and yet the results were still horrific. The need to have both a good evacuation plan and a good shelter-in-place plan has previously been dramatically demonstrated. When planning for disasters, it is critical for healthcare providers to understand the nature of a particular event and its possible consequences. When the concern arises about either an individual medical facility, or a whole community’s well-being, a proper response requires significant levels of preparedness, education, and training. Comprehension of the threat and an understanding of the resources available to combat an event can significantly mitigate the possible damage. This article reviews a dental school curriculum to prepare students to respond to such contingencies while describing the goals, and sources for a disaster preparedness syllabus.

A Meta-Review of Learning Research in Immersive Virtual Reality

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 894-898
Author(s):  
Gregory McGowin ◽  
Stephen M. Fiore ◽  
Kevin Oden
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Immersive Virtual Reality ◽  
Meta Review ◽  
Effective Technology ◽  
Training Research ◽  
Learning Research ◽  
Training Community ◽  
And Training

Research and development in virtual reality (VR) continues to influence all sectors of society. This has been particularly the case in the application of VR for learning and training. Due to the affordability of VR, it increasingly is providing a safe and cost-effective technology for studying learning and training. In this paper, we summarize findings from recent compilations of research in virtual reality that examined VR and learning. From this, we identify a set of recommendations distilled from these reviews in order to help the training research community structure their research based upon the extent empirical base. Our goal is to help the training community more effectively explore VR as a technology for learning.

Turning data into reality

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Leinster-Evans ◽  
J Newell ◽  
S Luck
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Mixed Reality ◽  
Training System ◽  
Value Proposition ◽  
Immersive Environments ◽  
Training Environment ◽  
Service Support ◽  
Rich Data ◽  
And Training

This paper looks to expand on the INEC 2016 paper ‘The future role of virtual reality within warship support solutions for the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers’ presented by Ross Basketter, Craig Birchmore and Abbi Fisher from BAE Systems in May 2016 and the EAAW VII paper ‘Testing the boundaries of virtual reality within ship support’ presented by John Newell from BAE Systems and Simon Luck from BMT DSL in June 2017. BAE Systems and BMT have developed a 3D walkthrough training system that supports the teams working closely with the QEC Aircraft Carriers in Portsmouth and this work was presented at EAAW VII. Since then this work has been extended to demonstrate the art of the possible on Type 26. This latter piece of work is designed to explore the role of 3D immersive environments in the development and fielding of support and training solutions, across the range of support disciplines. The combined team are looking at how this digital thread leads from design of platforms, both surface and subsurface, through build into in-service support and training. This rich data and ways in which it could be used in the whole lifecycle of the ship, from design and development (used for spatial acceptance, HazID, etc) all the way through to operational support and maintenance (in conjunction with big data coming off from the ship coupled with digital tech docs for maintenance procedures) using constantly developing technologies such as 3D, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality, will be proposed.  The drive towards gamification in the training environment to keep younger recruits interested and shortening course lengths will be explored. The paper develops the options and looks to how this technology can be used and where the value proposition lies. 

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