%0 Journal Article
%T Improving Psychomotor Competence in Midwifery Nursing Students through Virtual Reality-Based Education
%A Michelle Ong
%A Justin Chan
%A Vanessa Low
%J Journal of Integrative Nursing and Palliative Care
%@ 3006-5550
%D 2021
%V 2
%N 1
%R 10.51847/8e6dL8X7jV
%P 75-90
%X Virtual reality (VR) has become an innovative tool in nursing and midwifery education worldwide, offering immersive learning experiences that can improve skill acquisition and promote safe clinical practice. This study investigated the effectiveness of VR-assisted learning in enhancing the psychomotor abilities of midwifery nursing students. A quasi-experimental study was conducted at Suez Canal University’s Faculty of Nursing, including the simulation laboratory and the antenatal outpatient clinic of the university hospital. Sixty undergraduate midwifery students were selected through stratified random sampling and assigned equally to either a VR-assisted study group or a traditional learning control group. Data were collected from September 2024 to January 2025 using five instruments: a self-administered questionnaire, the System Usability Scale, Leopold’s maneuver checklist, an antenatal maternal physical assessment tool, and a student satisfaction survey. While VR training produced slightly higher knowledge scores than conventional teaching, the difference did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.35). Baseline assessments showed no significant differences in psychomotor performance between groups for Leopold’s maneuver and maternal assessment (p = 0.11 and p = 0.07). After the intervention, the VR group exhibited significantly better psychomotor competence in Leopold’s maneuver (43.13 ± 1.46; 42.6 ± 3.82) and maternal physical assessment (36.33 ± 1.81; 37.6 ± 0.67) than the control group (36.53 ± 2.29; 32.77 ± 4.28) and (30.13 ± 3.98; 27.3 ± 3.96) during both immediate and follow-up post-tests (p = 0.000). Additionally, 97 percent of students in the VR group achieved the highest grade in system usability evaluation, and 63.3 percent reported being extremely satisfied with the VR learning experience. Incorporating VR into midwifery training significantly enhanced students’ psychomotor skills, practical performance, and satisfaction compared with traditional simulation-based learning, although knowledge improvements were not statistically significant. VR-assisted education should be integrated into midwifery and maternal health curricula to improve practical skill development, with ongoing student feedback to continually refine the VR learning process.
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