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Abstract
The advancements in and affordability of technologies offer increasing opportunities
to modernise healthcare education into packages developed to meet the expectations
and requirements of the digital generation. Purposefully designed and tested Virtual
Reality Learning Environments (VRLE) can offer healthcare students the means to access
and revisit learning materials in ways that enhance education and meet a range of
needs; including those with specific learning differences and those who have traditionally
been disenfranchised. Furthermore, this will make healthcare education much more readily
available to those who have been previously marginalised by distance. This paper argues
that Virtual Reality (VR) has the unique potential to transform healthcare education
and suggests that more providers should consider collaborating with developers and
investing in the technology.