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VR Training Program Evaluation Record
Does the defined VR program improve retained and transferable performance for the intended learner, compared with a credible alternative, at acceptable safety, accessibil
Research Note
Does the defined VR program improve retained and transferable performance for the intended learner, compared with a credible alternative, at acceptable safety, accessibil
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VR Training Program Evaluation Record
Evaluation question
Does the defined VR program improve retained and transferable performance for the intended learner, compared with a credible alternative, at acceptable safety, accessibility, privacy, operational, and financial cost?
Immersion, enjoyment, presence, completion, and simulated performance do not by themselves answer that question.
Outcome ladder
| Level | Evidence |
|---|---|
| Access | Setup, accommodations, exclusions, support, and completion |
| Reaction | Structured learner response |
| Knowledge | Valid assessment against baseline or comparator |
| Simulated skill | Observable behavior, errors, decisions, and time in the scenario |
| Retention | Delayed assessment after practice |
| Transfer | Behavior in real or higher-fidelity work |
| Outcome | Operational, quality, or safety result with confounders addressed |
| Burden and harm | Symptoms, incidents, disruption, instructor load, support, time, and cost |
Current evidence boundary
A health-professions systematic review found advantages for some knowledge and cognitive-skill outcomes, with the certainty and comparison depending on outcome:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30668519/
A construction-safety systematic review and meta-analysis concerns that defined field:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38485365/
A 2024 review of mental-health training for health professionals reported promising findings while emphasizing heterogeneity, small samples, and risk of bias:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38693509/
These findings cannot be transferred automatically to surgery, rehabilitation, manufacturing, correctional settings, consumer learning, or another domain.
Pilot boundary
Domain experts should define the real behavior, learner, error, consequence, baseline, comparator, assessment, retention window, and transfer environment before selecting technology.
A real pilot may require safety, accessibility, privacy, security, procurement, professional standards, research ethics, statistical methods, labor, and legal review. This record does not authorize a pilot or establish clinical, educational, or operational effectiveness.
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Follow the evidence.
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