Employ standardized, validated UX questionnaires and commercial HMDs to strengthen and scale XR education research¶

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Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

The review recommends that "standardized questionnaires (e.g., SUS, NASA TLX, and others) need to be consistently employed" and that novel neurosurgery-specific questionnaires be developed, since custom author-designed items without theoretical foundations undermine comparability and validation. It further argues that promoting low-cost commercial head-mounted displays could let departments worldwide, especially in developing countries, overcome socioeconomic barriers to advanced simulation systems and enlarge participant cohorts.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Access to commercial off-the-shelf stereoscopic displays such as HMDs

Constraints¶

• Only one included study employed standardized questionnaires; static monitors with haptic devices currently dominate and are associated with more thorough UP assessment

Target Learners¶

• medical students
• neurosurgical residents
• neurosurgery residency programs in developing countries

Target Learning Goals¶

• surgical skill acquisition and assessment in cranial neurosurgery

Related Strategies¶

• Future simulation research should use rigorous designs, standardized tools, and transparent reporting

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Iop A., El-Hajj V.G., Gharios M., de Giorgio A., Monetti F.M., Edström E., Elmi-Terander A., Romero M. (2022). Extended Reality in Neurosurgical Education: A Systematic Review. Sensors. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22166067