Published on in Vol 13 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/73907, first published .
Use of an Immersive Virtual Reality Application to Educate Medical Students in Patient Handover: Pilot Study

Use of an Immersive Virtual Reality Application to Educate Medical Students in Patient Handover: Pilot Study

Use of an Immersive Virtual Reality Application to Educate Medical Students in Patient Handover: Pilot Study

Laura Isabel Hanke   1 , Dr med ;   Patrick Schwoerer   1 ;   Florentine Huettl   1 , Dr med ;   Lukas Vradelis   1 , Dr med ;   Kai-Uwe Strelow   2 ;   Christian Boedecker   1 , Dr med ;   Patrick Saalfeld   3 , Dr ;   Vuthea Chheang   3 , Dr Ing ;   Holger Buggenhagen   2 , Dr med ;   Hauke Lang   1 , Prof Dr Med ;   Christian Hansen   3 , Prof Dr ;   Tobias Huber   1 , Prof Dr Med

1 Department for General, Visceral and Tranplant Surgery, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

2 Rudolf Frey Educational Clinic, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

3 Virtual and Augmented Reality Group, Faculty of Computer Science, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

Corresponding Author:

  • Tobias Huber, Prof Dr Med
  • Department for General, Visceral and Tranplant Surgery
  • University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
  • Langenbeckstr. 1
  • Mainz 55131
  • Germany
  • Phone: 49 6131 17 7291
  • Email: tobias.huber@unimedizin-mainz.de