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Creating Patient Context: Empathy And Attitudes Toward Diabetes Following Virtual Immersion., Jana L. Wardian Phd, Tessa Wells, Teresa Cochran
Creating Patient Context: Empathy And Attitudes Toward Diabetes Following Virtual Immersion., Jana L. Wardian Phd, Tessa Wells, Teresa Cochran
Journal Articles: Hospital Medicine
BACKGROUND: Pandemic circumstances created challenges for doctor of physical therapy (DPT) students to understand social determinants of health (SDH) in clinical rotations. Instead of canceling clinical rotations, a virtual reality cinema (cine-VR) education series was implemented. The purpose of this project is to describe the effect of this simulated immersion on student empathy and attitudes toward diabetes.
METHOD: The DPT students (n=59) participated in 12 cine-VR education modules, completing surveys at three time points as part of coursework. The students completed baseline measures of the Diabetes Attitude Scale-Version 3 (DAS-3) and Jefferson Empathy Scale (JES), and then were immersed in …