This post is provided by guest blogger, Tricia Padgurskis, DPT, graduate student at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, MS in Training and Development program.
With the fast pace of healthcare, clinicians and their students need to learn the latest workflows, procedures, and methods for best patient care. In the article by Thomason (2021) in the Journal of Metaverse (a double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal), the Metaverse is introduced as a new way of providing simulation learning for clinicians. Metaverse is a virtual realty space in which users can interact with a computer-generated environment. In this article, many new virtual healthcare environments are described and include Veyond Metaverse, Studyum, OptiVu Mixed Reality, and Accuvein (Thomason, 2021). In these spaces, students and clinicians can view, practice, and simulate patient care scenarios such as performing a surgery, interpreting imaging, and providing rehabilitation. As there are many benefits of learning, Thomason admittedly shares her ethical worries of a healthcare metaverse.
The article facilitates the idea that it might be time to keep up with the new ways of simulation-based learning using VR and a possible Metaverse especially in healthcare. Metaverse immersion might be the next big step to safer practice and collaboration between healthcare teams. However, do you have anxiety about wearing a VR headset?
Thomason, J. (2021). MetaHealth-How will the metaverse change health care? Journal of Metaverse, 1(1), 13–16. Retrieved May 27, 2023, from
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