Nursing Communication Education Support System via Embodied Avatars in Playing Student-Nurse－Patient Role

• TAKABAYASHI Noriko

  Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, Okayama Prefectural University

• ONO Koki

  Graduate School of Systems Engineering, Okayama Prefectural University

• WATANABE Tomio

  Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering,Okayama Prefectural University

• ISHII Yutaka

  Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering,Okayama Prefectural University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 看護実習生－患者役アバタを介した看護コミュニケーション教育支援システム
• カンゴ ジッシュウセイ-カンジャヤク アバタ オ カイシタ カンゴ コミュニケーション キョウイク シエン システム

Abstract

An embodied virtual communication system has been developed that places virtual student-nurse and patient in a virtual hospital room to support education in nursing communication. The effectiveness of this system is demonstrated here. In this system, virtual characters are controlled by the students. These characters, referred to as “avatars”, act according to their controllers' nonverbal behavior. Controllers can communicate remotely through the interaction of their avatars in the virtual environment. By using the developed system, a communication experiment was carried out with 10 nursing students divided into 5 pairs. The students in the pairs took turns playing the role of the patient and student-nurse. When compared with the real-life role-playing exercise, the virtual system was stated as positively evaluating attributes like “getting into character”, “interaction”, and “preference for the system” by the students. The comments by the students also demonstrate that the system is effective in providing the students with virtual experiences of patients and helping them get into character, which indicates the possible use of the system to support education in newer forms of nursing communication.

Journal

• The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics

  The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics 50 (2), 84-91, 2014

  Japan Ergonomics Society

Keywords

• 看護コミュニケーション教育
• 身体的インタラクション
• バーチャルコミュニケーション
• アバタ

Details

• CRID: 1390282679516773248
• NII Article ID: 130004856447
• NII Book ID: AN00199371
• DOI: 10.5100/jje.50.84
• ISSN: 18842844
• ISSN: 05494974
• NDL BIB ID: 025489733
• Web Site: https://oka-pu.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/1343
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/025489733
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I025489733
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2014226320
• Text Lang: ja
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