Publications by authors named "Constantin Hardung"
Objective: Although the operating theatre offers unique didactic opportunities, it can be perceived as an uncomfortable environment by medical students due to the lack of theatre etiquette, time pressure and parallel work of different disciplines. We investigated whether virtual reality (VR) training can significantly reduce some of these fears and improve surgical education for medical students.
Methods: We randomly divided a group of 24 medical students and investigated the effects of a VR application (digitally recreated operating theatre tour) and compared it with currently-in-use written instructions for operational tasks in the operating theatre.