Improving Humanization through Metaverse-Related Technologies: A Systematic Review
While there is an increasing awareness regarding the culture of humanization, which is strongly needed in the healthcare environment, little knowledge has been provided in relation to accurate strategies to teach humanization skills to healthcare undergraduate students, as well as to healthcare prof...
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| author | Maria Gonzalez-Moreno Paula Andrade-Pino Carlos Monfort-Vinuesa Antonio Piñas-Mesa Esther Rincon |
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| description | While there is an increasing awareness regarding the culture of humanization, which is strongly needed in the healthcare environment, little knowledge has been provided in relation to accurate strategies to teach humanization skills to healthcare undergraduate students, as well as to healthcare professionals. Furthermore, the usefulness of new technologies to improve humanization skills has hardly been addressed so far in the scientific literature, including promising strategies such as Metaverse-related technologies. Presumably, this is the first systematic review focused on the efficacy of Metaverse-related technologies to increase the acquisition of humanization skills in the healthcare environment. The purpose of this study was to review the scientific studies published in the last decade to answer the following two questions: (1) are Metaverse-related technologies useful in enhancing humanization skills in the healthcare environment? (2) What are the advantages and disadvantages that should be addressed to successfully develop Metaverse-related technologies in the healthcare sector? We conducted a systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature from EBSCO, Ovid, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science (WOS), following the PRISMA statements and using the following keywords: “humanization + Metaverse”; “humanization + mixed reality”; “humanization + extended reality”; “humanization + augmented reality”; “humanization + virtual reality”; “humanization + app”; “humanization + telemedicine”; “humanization + digital health”; “humanization + eHealth”; “humanization + telehealth”; “humanization + web-based”; “humanization + website”; “humanization + digital”; “humanization + online”; and “humanization + internet”. Studies published from 2012 to the present, written in the English language, were reviewed. A total of 505 records were obtained, of which three were selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The results will be helpful in developing new strategies to improve humanization skills in the health sphere. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df5310fba5c14ca3af8af498a687a1ae2023-11-17T16:34:50ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922023-04-01127172710.3390/electronics12071727Improving Humanization through Metaverse-Related Technologies: A Systematic ReviewMaria Gonzalez-Moreno0Paula Andrade-Pino1Carlos Monfort-Vinuesa2Antonio Piñas-Mesa3Esther Rincon4Psycho-Technology Lab, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, 28660 Boadilla del Monte, SpainPsycho-Technology Lab, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, 28660 Boadilla del Monte, SpainPsycho-Technology Lab, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, 28660 Boadilla del Monte, SpainDepartamento de Humanidades, Facultad Humanidades y CC Comunicación, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Paseo Juan XXIII 8, 28040 Madrid, SpainPsycho-Technology Lab, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, 28660 Boadilla del Monte, SpainWhile there is an increasing awareness regarding the culture of humanization, which is strongly needed in the healthcare environment, little knowledge has been provided in relation to accurate strategies to teach humanization skills to healthcare undergraduate students, as well as to healthcare professionals. Furthermore, the usefulness of new technologies to improve humanization skills has hardly been addressed so far in the scientific literature, including promising strategies such as Metaverse-related technologies. Presumably, this is the first systematic review focused on the efficacy of Metaverse-related technologies to increase the acquisition of humanization skills in the healthcare environment. The purpose of this study was to review the scientific studies published in the last decade to answer the following two questions: (1) are Metaverse-related technologies useful in enhancing humanization skills in the healthcare environment? (2) What are the advantages and disadvantages that should be addressed to successfully develop Metaverse-related technologies in the healthcare sector? We conducted a systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature from EBSCO, Ovid, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science (WOS), following the PRISMA statements and using the following keywords: “humanization + Metaverse”; “humanization + mixed reality”; “humanization + extended reality”; “humanization + augmented reality”; “humanization + virtual reality”; “humanization + app”; “humanization + telemedicine”; “humanization + digital health”; “humanization + eHealth”; “humanization + telehealth”; “humanization + web-based”; “humanization + website”; “humanization + digital”; “humanization + online”; and “humanization + internet”. Studies published from 2012 to the present, written in the English language, were reviewed. A total of 505 records were obtained, of which three were selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The results will be helpful in developing new strategies to improve humanization skills in the health sphere.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/7/1727Metaversemixed realityextended realityhumanizationeducationundergraduates |
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| title | Improving Humanization through Metaverse-Related Technologies: A Systematic Review |
| title_full | Improving Humanization through Metaverse-Related Technologies: A Systematic Review |
| title_fullStr | Improving Humanization through Metaverse-Related Technologies: A Systematic Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving Humanization through Metaverse-Related Technologies: A Systematic Review |
| title_short | Improving Humanization through Metaverse-Related Technologies: A Systematic Review |
| title_sort | improving humanization through metaverse related technologies a systematic review |
| topic | Metaverse mixed reality extended reality humanization education undergraduates |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/7/1727 |
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