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Providing health sciences education through virtual reality experiences

  • University of South Alabama
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  • Libraries
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  • Georgia Institute of Technology
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Abstract

In 2020 – 2021 the Robert B. Greenblatt, M.D. Library at Augusta University implemented two projects leveraging virtual reality (VR) technology to provide immersive experiential learning opportunities for health sciences students. The projects shared some commonalities in spite of having differing objectives and desired outcomes. These common facets led to the success of both projects and will be helpful for other institutions considering implementing VR projects.

Publication Information

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Scholary Output:
Contribution to journal
Article
 Peer-review

Original language

English (US)

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 833-834 (2 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Journal of the Medical Library Association (Volume 111, Issue 4)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 10/2023

Publication status

Published - 10/2023

ISSN

1536-5050

Publication IDs

  • Scopus: 85173972843
  • PubMed: 37928116
  • ORCID: /0000-0002-8569-3517/work/163795903
  • ORCID: /0000-0002-2386-9820/work/163795927

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Funding Details

Both projects involved partnering with Augusta University’s School of Computer and Cyber Sciences, in particular a faculty member who is an expert in virtual and augmented reality. His students chose to build out the VR experiences for the library’s projects as capstone projects for their degree programs. This expertise proved invaluable as the library’s faculty and staff did not have the skills to build the experiences themselves. The other common elements for both of these projects are that they both involved partnership and collaboration with other academic units on campus (the Medical College of Georgia, the College of Allied Health Sciences, and the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences). They also both utilized the same equipment, allowing for interoperability (see Figure 1). Lastly, they were both funded by awards from the Network of the National Library of Medicine.
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