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| Simulating geriatric home safety assessments in a three-dimensional virtual world | | Author(s) | Allen D Andrade, Pedro Cifuentes, Michael J Mintzer |
| Journal title | Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 33, no 3, July-September 2012 |
| Pages | pp 233-252 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Home care services ; Safety services ; Hazards ; Evaluation ; Accident prevention ; Medical workers ; Training [welfare work] ; Computers ; Information technology. |
| Annotation | Virtual worlds could offer inexpensive and safe three-dimensional environments in which medical trainees can learn to identify home safety hazards. The goal of this pilot study was to evaluate the feasibility, usability and acceptability of an innovative 3D virtual world for geriatric home safety assessments and to correlate performance efficiency in hazard identification with spatial ability, self-efficacy, cognitive load and presence. In the study 30 medical trainees found the home safety simulation easy to use and their self-efficacy was improved. Men performed better than women in hazard identification. Presence and spatial ability were correlated significantly with performance. The authors conclude that educators should consider spatial ability and gender differences when implementing virtual world training for geriatric home safety assessments. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121102200 A |
| Classmark | NH: OK: OK7: 4C: OQ: QT: QW: 3O: UVB |
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