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      What research has been done around Embodied Labs?

      Researchers have worked to understand the impact of Embodied Labs on training and teaching from multiple points of view.

      1. Impact of Embodied Labs on Empathy, Confidence, Communication Skills (and more) in Current & Future Healthcare Professionals

      • Flood, L. S. (2024). Use of virtual reality simulations to embody a patient: Exploring the impact on nursing students’ confidence, feelings, and perceptions. Nurse Educator, 49(1), 36-40. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000001442
      • Hess, S.P., Levin, M., Akram, F. et al. The impact and feasibility of a brief, virtual, educational intervention for home healthcare professionals on Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders: pilot study of I SEE PD Home. BMC Med Educ 22, 506 (2022). doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03430-7
      • Elzie, C.A., Shaia, J. A Pilot Study of the Impact of Virtually Embodying a Patient with a Terminal Illness. Med.Sci.Educ. (2021). doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01243-9
      • Buchman, S. and Henderson D. (2019) Interprofessional empathy and communication competency development in healthcare professions’ curriculum through immersive virtual reality experiences. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice, Vol. 15, pp 127-130 doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2019.03.010
      • Susan Chapman, Jacqueline Miller and Joanne Spetz. (2019) The Impact of Emerging Technologies on Long-Term Care and the Health Workforce. UCSF Health Workforce Research Center on Long-Term Care. healthforce.ucsf.edu/publications/impact-emerging-technologies-long-term-care-and-health-workforce
      • Gugliucci MR. (2019) Virtual Reality Medical Education Project Enhances Empathy. Innov Aging. 2019;3 (Suppl 1): S298–S299. doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.1096
      • Washington, E. and Shaw, C. (2019) The Effects of a VR Intervention on Career Interest, Empathy, Communication Skills, and Learning with Second-Year Medical Students in Educational Media & Technology Yearbook Vol 41. eric.ed.gov/?id=ED601893
      • Gugliucci M. Virtual Reality Labs: Advancing Empathy within Health Professions and medical education.  2018 Nov; 2(Suppl 1): 132. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igy023.483
      • Swartzlander, Barbara; Dyer, Elizabeth; and Gugliucci, Marilyn R., We Are Alfred: Empathy Learned Through A Medical Education Virtual Reality Project (2017). Library Services Faculty Posters. 2. dune.une.edu/libserv_facpost/2 (Published also in the Journal for Medical Librarianship) 

      2. Impact of Embodied Labs on Dementia Training and Teaching

      • Gómez-Morales, A., Coon, D. W., Joseph, R. P., & Pipe, T. (2024). Through Alzheimer’s Eyes: A Virtual Pilot Intervention for Family Caregivers of People with Dementia. Clinical Gerontologist, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2024.2378774
      • Gómez-Morales, A., Coon, D., Joseph, R., & Pipe, T. (2023). Behind the scenes of a technologically enhanced intervention for caregivers of people with dementia: Protocol for a feasibility and acceptability study. JMIR Research Protocols, 12.  https://doi.org/10.2196/42655
      • Candice D. Reel, Rebecca S. Allen, Bailey Lanai, M. Caroline Yuk & Daniel C.
        Potts (2022) Bringing Art to Life: Social and Activity Engagement through Art in Persons Living with Dementia, Clinical Gerontologist, 45:2, 327-337, DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2021.1936737. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2021.1936737
      • Bard, Jason T., et al. Increased medical student understanding of dementia through virtual embodiment. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education (2022): 1-12. doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2022.2067850
      • Balas, Johanna and Emily Broman Phelps, Erin Washington, Annabelle Santos Volgman, Debra Fleischman, Neelum Aggarwal. Virtual Training of CNAs as Essential Dementia-Care Personnel in the Age of COVID-19 (1362) Neurology Apr 2021, 96 (15 Supplement) 1362 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34971052/
      • Strong, J. (2020) Immersive Virtual Reality and Persons with Dementia: A Literature Review. Journal of Gerontological Social Work. Vol. 63, No. 3, pp 209-226 doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2020.1733726
      • Aggarwal, N., Potts, D., Broman, E., et al. (2018) Enhancing dementia care and building empathy through the integration of virtual reality technology and art therapy. Alzheimer’s & Dementia Journal 14(7), 934-935. doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.1214

      3. Impact of Embodied Labs as a Training or Teaching Tool, Including as an Example of VR's Impact as a Whole

      • Dana L. Villmore, Elizabeth J. Dyer & Marilyn R. Gugliucci (2024) Teaching empathy: comparison of a virtual reality experience using head-mounted display versus group streaming, Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, DOI: 10.1080/02701960.2024.2328514 
      • Tomy, T., Neumann, C., Vognsen, J., & Major, S. (2023). Immersive and screen-based virtual reality simulations enhance empathy. International Journal of Healthcare Simulation, 2(2), 58–61. https://doi.org/10.54531/grkb7114
      • Chapman SA, Miller JR, Spetz J. Emerging Health Technologies in Long-Term Care and Suppliers’ Views on Their Potential to Assist and Support the Workforce. Medical Care Research and Review. 2023;80(6):619-630. doi: 10.1177/10775587231190127
      • Huber, Aleshia and Jennifer K. Embree, Amy Gay & Neyda V. Gilman (2021) Becoming immersed: Using Virtual Reality technologies in academic libraries to expand outreach and enhance course curricula, College & Undergraduate Libraries, doi/abs/10.1080/10691316.2021.1902892
      • Tannous, Wadad Kathy, and Kathleen Quilty. Ageing: Everybody’s Doing It–Life-Affirming Technology and the Longevity Economy. Technological Breakthroughs and Future Business Opportunities in Education, Health, and Outer Space. IGI Global, 2021. Chapter 15. Pages 240-254.
      • McDonagh D., Reardanz D. (2020) Experiencing Aging: Analogue Versus Virtual. In: Woodcock A., Moody L., McDonagh D., Jain A., Jain L. (eds) Design of Assistive Technology for Ageing Populations. Intelligent Systems Reference Library, vol 167, Springer. springer.com/gp/book/9783030262914