Engage target learners to identify needs before designing XR educational tools¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 review), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

The review criticizes the included studies for not engaging nurses and midwives to identify and prioritize their real needs, recommending instead a systematic conception method translating user needs into project objectives and features. It states "none of the studies they engaged with the focus group (nurses and midwives) to identify and prioritize their real needs".

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Collaboration with educators and end users during the design of XR demonstrators

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• midwifery students
• nursing students

Target Learning Goals¶

• anxiety management in clinical procedure training

Claims¶

• Learners valued safe, repeatable, nonjudgmental AI practice environments that reduced anxiety and bridged the theory-practice gap [+M]

Related Strategies¶

• Build an orientation activity into XR study designs and use multiple sessions to increase tool familiarity
• Prioritize rigorous RCTs with retention tests and transfer measures before expanding distance simulation programs
• Future HFS trials for practising nurses need larger samples, rigorous randomised design and standardised, fully reported measures

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Pérez de los Cobos Cintas C, Vuillerme N, Thomann G, Di Marco L. (2025). Effect of an Extended Reality Simulation Intervention on Midwifery Students' Anxiety: Systematic Review. JMIR Nursing. https://doi.org/10.2196/68984