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Teaching Disaster Evacuation Management Education to Nursing Students Using Virtual Reality Mobile Game-Based
1Author Affiliations : Emergency Management Office of West China Hospital, Sichuan University (Dr Hu), China; China International Emergency Medical Team (Sichuan, Type 3) (Drs Hu and Lai), Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China; Day Surgery Center of West China Hospital (Dr Lai), Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction (Dr Li), and Disaster Medicine Center of Sichuan University (Dr Li), Sichuan University, China; and Kosair Charities College of Health and Natural Sciences, Spalding University (Dr Nyland), Kentucky, Louisville.
Virtual reality mobile games significantly improve nursing students' long-term retention of disaster evacuation management knowledge and decision-making skills compared to traditional lectures. This engaging method also boosts satisfaction and cooperation.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Emergency Management
- Virtual Reality Applications
Background:
- Disaster preparedness is crucial for nursing students.
- Traditional teaching methods may not fully engage students in disaster evacuation management.
- Innovative educational tools are needed to enhance learning outcomes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the effectiveness of a virtual reality (VR) mobile game for disaster evacuation management education.
- To compare VR game-based learning with traditional lectures for nursing students.
- To assess student satisfaction with different instructional modes.
Main Methods:
- A pre-test, post-test, and final-test study design.
- Comparison between a virtual reality mobile game group and a traditional lecture group.
- Assessment of knowledge, decision-making scores, and instructional mode satisfaction.
Main Results:
- No significant short-term differences in knowledge or decision-making between groups (P ≥ .05).
- The VR mobile game group showed significantly higher long-term knowledge and decision-making retention (P = .000).
- The VR group reported significantly higher satisfaction with course interest and cooperation (P < .05).
Conclusions:
- Virtual reality mobile game-based application is more effective than traditional lectures for disaster evacuation management training.
- This VR approach enhances knowledge retention and student satisfaction.
- VR learning may foster self-initiated, lifelong disaster preparedness behaviors in nursing students.