Abstract

PRIEGO ALVAREZ, Heberto Romeo; FERNANDEZ QUINTANA, Querubín; CORDOVA HERNANDEZ, Juan Antonio  and  BUSQUET GARCIA, Jaime. Evaluation of an immersive learning experience in Medical Propaedeutic Training. Conrado [online]. 2023, vol.19, n.93, pp. 35-41.  Epub July 07, 2023. ISSN 1990-8644.

Immersive learning provides different experiences that can enhance the effectiveness of learning and improve student motivation in class. The objective of this work is to evaluate the acquired knowledge and degree of acceptance and motivation of medical students in an immersive learning intervention. A mixed process (quantitative-qualitative) educational research of the sequential type was carried out in a pilot group. In the quantitative phase of data collection, the questionnaire "Analysis of immersive learning through virtual reality and augmented reality in Medical Propedeutics training. For the qualitative phase, a focus group was conducted. The results of the survey showed that 76.92% of the students understood the tasks performed, 84.65% were able to contrast the previous knowledge with the new knowledge of the subject and 92.30% were helped to be more responsible in self-learning. The difficulties reported for the development of learning focus on internet connectivity, management of viewer controls and the resolution of the graphics card in the computer equipment. Finally, the experiences are described as exciting and low experimental risk It is concluded that the educational intervention with this technology was an incentive for the students, making evident the great potential and high degree of acceptance of emerging technologies (Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality).

Keywords : Immersive learning; Augmented reality; Virtual reality; Medical education.

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