Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Coyne, Leanne
• Merritt, Thayer A.
• Parmentier, Brittany L.
• Sharpton, Rachel A.
• Takemoto, Jody K.

Titel

The Past, Present, and Future of Virtual Reality in Pharmacy Education

Ist Teil von

• American journal of pharmaceutical education, 2019-04, Vol.83 (3), p.7456-290, Article 7456

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek - Frei zugängliche E-Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To characterize how virtual reality (VR) has been and is being used in pharmacy education, and evaluate the projected utility of VR technology in pharmacy education in the future. Summary. Virtual reality technology can provide an immersive and interactive learning environment, overcoming many of the early challenges faced by instructors who used virtual activities for pharmacy education. With further technological and software development, VR has the potential to become an integral part of pharmacy education. Virtual reality technology has been used in pharmacy education for many years to provide engaging learning experiences. Although these learning experiences were not available in the three-dimensional digital environments provided by current VR, they demonstrated improvements in learning. Recent technological advancements have substantially increased the potential usefulness of VR for pharmacy education by providing immersive educational activities that mimic real world experiences to reinforce didactic and laboratory concepts. Virtual reality training that uses head-mounted displays is just beginning in pharmacy education, but more educational VR programs are becoming available. Further research will be necessary to fully understand the potential impact of VR on pharmacy education.