Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Biomedical Education with Augmented Reality
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Innovative techniques provide a teaching strategy to improve education in biomedical sciences for nursing students . With augmented reality (AR) technology, elements in the physical environment can be enriched or supplemented by computer-generated sensory inputs such as text, images, 3-dimensional (3D) graphics, and audio. AR has been paradigmatically applied worldwide to education of different disciplines, making some contributions to teaching and learning . However, AR products on the market mainly focus on primary or secondary education where the pleasurable aspects of AR are promoted . Although acceptance of using AR in healthcare education was reported , the actual impacts of AR applications in the training of healthcare professionals have not been well-studied . In view of the potential advantages of integrating AR into nursing education, such as a better visualization of body structures , a survey was conducted to specifically assess the effectiveness of AR in improving the quality of biomedical education as perceived by nursing students.