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Looking at Social Interactions in Medical Education with Dual Eye-Tracking Technology: A Scoping Review
Johannes Lorenz1, Juliane Zevano1, Nils Otto2
1University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Mededpublish (2016)
|February 11, 2025
Summary
Dual eye-tracking technology offers a novel way to analyze social interactions in medical education. This method quantifies collaboration and learning patterns, particularly in surgical training.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education Research
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Social Cognition
Background:
- Effective medical practice relies on social interactions, but assessing them in education is difficult.
- Dual eye-tracking technology is emerging as a tool to quantify and analyze these complex dynamics.
- This review focuses on its application in medical education settings.
Purpose of the Study:
- To critically examine the use of dual eye-tracking technology in medical education.
- To identify how it quantifies, analyzes, and enhances social interactions.
- To review its applications and limitations in educational contexts.
Main Methods:
- A scoping review of literature on dual eye-tracking in medical education.
- Searches across multiple databases and journals.
- Extraction of data on technical aspects, applications, participants, metrics, and findings.
Main Results:
- Ten studies (2012-2021) met criteria, primarily using screen-based dual eye-tracking.
- Applications included educational interventions for collaboration and diagnostic tools for learning patterns.
- Key metrics identified were joint visual attention, gaze delay, and joint mental effort.
Conclusions:
- Dual eye-tracking shows promise for enhancing medical education with real-time social interaction data.
- Current limitations include small sample sizes, dated technology, and a focus on surgical training.
- Further research is needed to explore broader implications for medical education.
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