This week’s journal club centers on gaming technology turned STEM - virtual reality (VR). Virginia focuses on “Immersive and interactive virtual reality to improve learning and retention of neuroanatomy in medical students: a randomized controlled study” (Ekstrand et al. 2018). She discusses how VR could potentially help medical students move through their neurophobia, or the fear that learning neurology is an insummerontable task. Frances talks about “A Virtual Tour of the Cell: Impact of Virtual Reality on Student Learning and Engagement in the STEM Classroom” (Bennett and Saunders 2019). She discusses how VR could change the way students learn complicated subjects, like cell biology, and bring excitement in the classroom. 

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