Project results

Key VR-TALKS outputs for educators, students, and the public — peer-reviewed publications, the educator Implementation Manual, open scenarios, and conference materials.

Publications

• Acceptability of virtual reality for training health professions students in serious illness communication: A cross-sectional study with educators.
  Skvortsova A, Stiel S, Afshar K, Röwer HAA, Bausewein C, Hartigan I, et al. PEC Innovation. 2025;7:100411. PubMed · DOI.
• Innovations in communication training for medical and nursing students (VR-TALKS) — a study protocol.
  Röwer HAA, Skvortsova A, Saab MM, Hartigan I, Bausewein C, Martins Pereira S, et al. PEC Innovation. 2025;7:100426. PubMed · DOI.
• VR-TALKS: Využití virtuální reality pro nácvik obtížné komunikace na sedmi evropských lékařských fakultách.
  Hrdlička J, Hrdličková L, Rusinová K. Paliativní medicína. 2025;6(2):12–14. Article.

Under review / in press (no links)

• Evaluating Virtual Reality Communication Training in Nursing and Medical Education: A Multi-Country Cross-sectional Study, citation forthcoming.
• Evaluating Virtual Reality Communication Training in Nursing and Medical Education: A Multi-Country Feasibility, Usability, and Acceptability Study, citation forthcoming.

Guides for educators

Scenarios & data access

Use our multilingual VR communication scenarios (NURSE and SPIKES) directly from the Our Scenarios page. Materials are shared for reuse under CC BY 4.0.

Conferences