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Reviews in Medical Education (61) Extended Reality, Virtual Reality and Virtual Worlds (572) Registered Report (579) e-Learning and Digital Medical Education (705) Training Tools for Medical Students (132) New Methods and Approaches in Medical Education (245) Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Medical Education (80) Undergraduate Education for Future Doctors (87) Training and Education in XR and Spatial Computing (80)

Published on in Vol 8, No 1 (2022): Jan-Mar

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/34860, first published .
Virtual Reality in Medical Students’ Education: Scoping Review

Virtual Reality in Medical Students’ Education: Scoping Review

Virtual Reality in Medical Students’ Education: Scoping Review

Authors of this article:

Haowen Jiang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Sunitha Vimalesvaran1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jeremy King Wang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Kee Boon Lim2 Author Orcid Image ;   Sreenivasulu Reddy Mogali1 Author Orcid Image ;   Lorainne Tudor Car1 Author Orcid Image
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