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Virtual Experience of Perioperative Patients: Walking in the Patients’ Shoes Using Virtual Reality and Blended Learning

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  • Hyeon-Young Kim

    (Nursing Department, College of Nursing, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Korea
    VR Healthcare Content Lab, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Korea)

  • Ji-Hye Lee

    (Nursing Department, Sahmyook Medical Center, Seoul 02500, Korea)

  • Eun-Hye Lee

    (Nursing Department, College of Nursing, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Korea)

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study examined the significance, nature, and structure of the virtual experience of perioperative patients as undergone by nursing students during their practical training through VR and blended learning. METHODS: Data were collected through a focus group interview (FGI) of 21 nursing student participants from November 2019 to December 2019 and analyzed through Colaizzi’s phenomenological method. RESULTS: Seven theme clusters were organized that described nursing students’ experiences. They are “placed in a passive position,” “facing the limits of communication,” “thinking of developing and improving competency as a nurse,” “recognizing the importance of interacting with their patients”, “learning vividly through experience”, “engaging in a new type of participatory learning”, and “designing nursing knowledge.” CONCLUSION: Patient-centered care can be achieved in the nursing school curriculum through “patient experiences.” Additionally, the feedback from research participants who have “become keenly aware of the need for patient experiences” shows that empathizing with the “patient experience” is an essential quality to acquire by prospective medical professionals before they are introduced to the nursing field. We suggest future studies that expand on nursing students’ patient experience in various teaching methods and curriculums.

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  • Hyeon-Young Kim & Ji-Hye Lee & Eun-Hye Lee, 2021. "Virtual Experience of Perioperative Patients: Walking in the Patients’ Shoes Using Virtual Reality and Blended Learning," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(12), pages 1-12, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:12:p:6457-:d:575036
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