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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education Technology
  • Clinical Communication Skills Training
  • Virtual Reality Applications

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  • Virtual Reality (VR) offers immersive and realistic training environments for medical education.
  • Practicing complex scenarios like cancer truth-telling is crucial for developing essential physician skills.
  • Evaluating novel training methods is vital for enhancing medical curricula.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and assess the efficacy of a VR-based module for cancer truth-telling training.
  • To compare the effectiveness of VR training against traditional in-person communication skills training (iCST).
  • To evaluate the impact of combined VR and iCST interventions on medical students' skills.

Main Methods:

  • An experimental study involving fifth-year medical students randomly assigned to in-person communication skills training (iCST), VR, or a combined iCST+VR group.
  • Intervention involved a 30-minute lecture followed by practical application via VR module or small-class iCST.
  • Outcomes measured included cancer truth-telling perspectives, communication confidence, and learning satisfaction at baseline, immediately post-intervention, and at three and six months.

Main Results:

  • The combined iCST+VR group demonstrated significant improvement in cancer truth-telling perspectives at six months.
  • No significant difference in truth-telling perspectives was observed between the iCST and VR groups.
  • Communication confidence improved across all groups, with no inter-group differences; the iCST group reported higher learning satisfaction.

Conclusions:

  • VR training is as effective as traditional iCST for improving cancer truth-telling perspectives and communication confidence.
  • VR presents a viable and innovative tool for medical education, particularly for high-stakes communication scenarios.
  • Combined VR and iCST interventions may offer enhanced long-term benefits for specific communication skills.