{"id":3649,"date":"2022-11-22T01:28:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T01:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/?p=3649"},"modified":"2022-11-23T20:38:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T20:38:54","slug":"randomized-control-pilot-of-virtual-reality-empathy-knowledge-emotions-and-self-efficacy-among-undergraduate-health-science-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/randomized-control-pilot-of-virtual-reality-empathy-knowledge-emotions-and-self-efficacy-among-undergraduate-health-science-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Randomized Control Pilot of Virtual Reality, Empathy, Knowledge, Emotions, and Self-Efficacy among Undergraduate Health Science Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Authors:<\/strong><br>Kristen F. Linton, MSW, Ph.D.<br>Jaime A. Hannans, Ph.D., RN, CNE<br>Colleen M. Nevins, DNP, RN, CNE<br>Richard J. Linton, M.S., PsyD<br>Health Sciences &amp; Nursing Programs, California State University Channel Islands<br>Corresponding author: Kristen F. Linton, <a href=\"mailto:Kristen.linton@csuci.edu\">Kristen.linton@csuci.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immersive, embodied virtual reality (VR) combines a head-mounted display with head and motion tracking systems, noise-cancelling headphones for sound, and a three-dimensional interaction scenario. VR can enable social work students to become fully immersed in a simulated realistic world to experience client scenarios. Scant research has been conducted on VR and undergraduate students; this study aimed to answer the research questions: 1) What is the feasibility and acceptability of virtual reality in a large, undergraduate class? and 2) Is virtual learning more effective than an active learning assignment on undergraduate students\u2019 knowledge, empathy, emotions, and self-efficacy? A randomized control pilot study was conducted with undergraduate students (<em>N<\/em> = 18) in an introductory course. Students were randomized to receive VR (intervention group) or an active learning assignment (control group) to learn about people with Alzheimer\u2019s Disease, vision impairment, or in end-of-life. VR was feasible and acceptable among students who commonly reported it as \u201ccool\u201d. The results found that students in the VR group reported more empathy for health conditions and poorer self-efficacy to support clients than the control groups. The reality that immersive VR enables has profound potential for preparing future health professionals to support clients with health conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors:Kristen F. Linton, MSW, Ph.D.Jaime A. Hannans, Ph.D., RN, CNEColleen M. Nevins, DNP, RN, CNERichard J. Linton, M.S., PsyDHealth Sciences &amp; Nursing Programs, California State University Channel IslandsCorresponding author: Kristen F. Linton, Kristen.linton@csuci.edu Abstract: Immersive, embodied virtual reality (VR) combines a head-mounted display with head and motion tracking systems, noise-cancelling headphones for sound, and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":459,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,319,1,318],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-fall-issue-november-2022","category-general","category-volume-xiii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/459"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3650,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3649\/revisions\/3650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/ejournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}