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Project Title

The Use of Virtual Reality in Undergraduate Medical Students' Clinical Skills Training

From

May 2022

July 2023

Summary

The aim of this project is to conduct a pilot study on the use of Virtual Reality (VR) in clinical skills training of undergraduate medical students. The study will investigate the use of VR primary assessment scenarios developed by Oxford Medical Simulation. Third medical year students will be recruited with questionnaires and focus groups being used to assess the user acceptability and feasibility of using VR in undergraduate medical training. The study will also compare mannequin-based and VR simulation in primary assessment training.

Funding Agency

Faculty of Health Science's Dean's Award for Innovation in Teaching

Programme

Faculty of Health Science's Dean's Award for Innovation in Teaching

Project Type

Medical Education

Representations

Details	Date
Communications Officer - Online Learning Education Committee, School of Medicine	April 2021

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details	Date From	Date To
General Register of the Irish Medical Council 371326	2010	2022
Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) - Membership Number 111476	8/3/2022	7/3/2022
RCPI CPD Scheme ID 34264	-	2022
Academy of Medical Educators (AoME), MAcadMEd	27th April 2022

Publications and other Research Outputs

Jennifer Conlan et al., The design and development of an online educational resource for clinical teachers, Irish Network of Healthcare Educators (INHED), University of Limerick, 23rd-25th March 2022, 2022, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED

Clare Whelan, Lylas Aljohmani, Jennifer Conlan, Clinical Teachers Perceptions of Teaching and Learning in the Clinical Environment, Irish Network of Healthcare Educators (INHED), University of Limerick, 23rd-25th March 2022, 2022, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED

Jennifer Conlan, Olive Killoury, The Relationship between Medical Student Logbook and Clinical Examination Performance, INMED 2018, University College Cork, 8th February 2018, 2018, Notes: [https://www.inhed.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/EP08.-Jennifer-Conlan-TCD.pdf], Poster, PRESENTED

Awards and Honours

Award	Date
Undergraduate Achievement Award from the Physiological Society of London	2002
Ussher Postgraduate Award from Trinity College Dublin	2002
Postgraduate Award from the Irish Research Council of Science, Engineering, and Technology	2002
INMED Research in Medical Educarion (RIME) award	2018
ESME Certificate in Medical Education	2018
Special Purpose Certificate in Higher Education	Pending

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Dr. Jennifer Conlan

Dr. Jennifer Conlan

Assistant Prof - Clinical Medical Educat (Surgery ¿ Tallaght)

conlanje@tcd.ie

Assistant Prof - Clinical Medical Educat (School Office - Medicine)

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