Published July 15, 2020 | Version Accepted pre-print
Conference paper Open

Co-creation of Virtual Reality Re-usable Learning objectives of 360º video scenarios for a Clinical Skills course

  • 1. Research Centre on Interactive Media Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (RISE), Nicosia, Cyprus
  • 2. Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
  • 3. School of Health Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
  • 4. Deprartment of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Description

This paper presents a new approach for teaching the clinical skills course by exploiting the potential of a Virtual Reality application utilizing 360° videos with medical content for an undergraduate level course. We discuss the methodology prospects and identify the potential role of Virtual Reality reusable e-resources into learning and practicing clinical skills and the concept of embedding these processes to a real assess-educate-assess cycle that uses digital tools to optimize outcome. Scenarios, were developed in the context of the CoViRR Erasmus+ project, offering new insights for the digital integration in learning and teaching. The initial results of our analysis validated the effective design of a technologically enhanced learning tool as an addition to the existing methods used in medical education. Future work should integrate the application into the classroom and evaluate its effectiveness with real end-users.

Notes

This work has been partly supported by the project that has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 739578 (RISE – Call: H2020-WIDESPREAD-01-2016-2017-TeamingPhase2) and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus through the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy.

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Funding

RISE – Research Center on Interactive Media, Smart System and Emerging Technologies 739578
European Commission