project
This postdoctoral research is part of a larger project funded by the Nationaal Regieorgaan Onderwijsonderzoek (NRO) that focuses on the use of two VR applications in medical education: OK Ready!, which trains surgical and anesthesiology assistants in operating room preparation (Study 1), and VR Sterile, which trains biomedical students in sterile laboratory procedures (Study 2).
A postdoctoral researcher, Caiwei Zhu, at the University of Twente, is working on Study 1 under the supervision of Dr. Farrokhnia. She investigates learning mechanisms such as presence and surface/structure (dis)similarity, using OK Ready! in a new context within both the Technical Medicine curriculum at the University of Twente and the UMC Utrecht curriculum. The project aims to apply and extend the Cognitive Affective Model of Immersive Learning (CAMIL) by empirically examining how immersive VR supports learning processes across different educational contexts.
researchers
Mohammadreza Farrokhnia
Caiwei Zhu
Partners
The Universit Medical Center Utrecht
Duration
1 October 2025 -1 December 2026
Funding
Nationaal Regieorgaan Onderwijsonderzoek (NRO)
project website
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