Evidence for Virtual Simulation
Although beyond the focus of this book, there have been many individual studies and systematic reviews investigating the effectiveness of virtual simulation and supporting its use in education. Some key reviews which might be useful to educators who are planning to use virtual simulation are:
- Cook et al., 2010: Computerized virtual patients in health professions education: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Foronda et al., 2020: Virtual Simulation in Nursing Education: A Systematic Review Spanning 1996 to 2018.
- Kononowicz et al., 2019: Virtual patient simulations in health professions education: Systematic review and meta-analysis by the digital health education collaboration.
- Kyaw et al., 2019: Virtual reality for health professions education: Systematic review and meta-analysis by the digital health education collaboration.
- Woon et al., 2021: Effectiveness of virtual reality training in improving knowledge among nursing students: A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression.
- Li et al,. 2018: A critical review of virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) applications in construction safety.
