VR Simulation Training Effectiveness in Healthcare Education

Thanks for taking a few minutes to reflect on your VR simulation training! Your honest feedback helps us improve how the program prepares you for real clinical situations. Your responses are completely confidential and anonymized. About 5 minutes.

Which VR simulation scenario did you most recently complete? (Template note: replace the list below with your actual VR modules before launching.)

• (Replace with Scenario A, e.g., Cardiac arrest response)
• (Replace with Scenario B, e.g., Central line insertion)
• (Replace with Scenario C, e.g., Difficult patient conversation)

After this training, how confident are you that you could perform this skill independently in a real clinical setting?

How much do you agree the VR training improved each of the following?

How realistic did the VR simulation feel compared to a real clinical encounter?

In this session, which technical issues (if any) did you experience with the VR equipment or software?

• Motion sickness or dizziness
• Headset fit or visual discomfort
• Controller or hand-tracking issues
• Software freezing or lag
• Confusing menu or navigation
• Audio problems

Compared to traditional training methods you've used (e.g., mannequin simulation, role-play, lecture demonstration), how would you rate this VR training?

• Much worse
• Somewhat worse
• About the same
• Somewhat better
• Much better
• Haven't used traditional methods to compare

Which of the following aspects of the VR training added the most value to your learning, and which added the least?

• Ability to repeat the scenario until confident
• Realistic patient responses and reactions
• Safe environment to make and learn from errors
• Immediate feedback on performance
• Immersive, distraction-free environment
• Chance to practice rare or high-risk scenarios
• Flexibility to train on my own schedule

Reconstruct one specific moment from the VR scenario where the respondent felt either well-prepared or caught off guard, and connect it to their confidence rating for real clinical practice. Ask what exactly happened in the simulation, what they did, and whether they believe the same response would work with a real patient. If they reported technical issues or rated the VR experience as worse than traditional training, probe whether that was about the technology itself or the learning content, and what would need to change for them to trust the skill transfers.

What one change would most improve this VR training experience?

What is your current role or program?

• Nursing student
• Medical student
• Physician assistant or nurse practitioner student
• Allied health student (e.g., paramedic, respiratory therapy)
• Practicing clinician (continuing education)
• Prefer not to say

Before this training, how much prior experience did you have with VR or immersive gaming technology?

• None
• A little (tried it a few times)
• Some (occasional use)
• Extensive (frequent user)
• Prefer not to say

That's everything — thank you! Your feedback goes into a report the program uses to improve how VR scenarios prepare learners for real clinical care.