TY - JOUR
T1 - A systematic review of immersive technology applications for medical practice and education - Trends, application areas, recipients, teaching contents, evaluation methods, and performance
AU - Tang, Yuk Ming
AU - Chau, Ka Yin
AU - Kwok, Alex Pak Ki
AU - Zhu, Tongcun
AU - Ma, Xiangdong
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the support by the Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project Ref.: PRP/071/20FX). Part of this research study was used as the thesis submission under the Integrated Graduate Development Scheme (IGDS), the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. This work was also supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant numbers 72001091] and Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation [grant numbers 2020A1515110889].
Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the support by the Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project Ref.: PRP/071/20FX). Part of this research study was used as the thesis submission under the Integrated Graduate Development Scheme (IGDS), the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. This work was also supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant numbers 72001091 ] and Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation [grant numbers 2020A1515110889 ].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Augmented reality
KW - Extended reality
KW - Medical education
KW - Mixed reality
KW - Systematic review
KW - Virtual reality
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U2 - 10.1016/j.edurev.2021.100429
DO - 10.1016/j.edurev.2021.100429
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85121758014
SN - 1747-938X
VL - 35
JO - Educational Research Review
JF - Educational Research Review
M1 - 100429
ER -