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Learning from experience : best practices for organisations when supporting newly trained virtual reality therapists : a qualitative case study
Koenis, L.A.M. (2025) Learning from experience : best practices for organisations when supporting newly trained virtual reality therapists : a qualitative case study.
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| Abstract: | Background: Virtual reality (VR) holds promise to improve mental health care. However, efforts to implement VR in practice have disappointing results, even when therapists report feeling confident and intend to use VR after completing a VR training. Therefore, this study aims to identify the best practices for organisations when supporting newly trained VR therapists. Methods: A secondary analysis was conducted on a dataset consisting of three interviews with eleven training participants. A combination of deductive coding, using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, and inductive coding was applied to reveal factors that influenced implementation. Next, recommendations were created which were validated with VR therapists via an online questionnaire. Results: Most areas of improvement were identified within the innovation and inner setting domain. Organisations are recommended to thoroughly inform future VR therapists and consider setting post-training requirements; increase organisational knowledge about VR; provide (practical) support; actively stimulate VR use; provide a clear vision on VR; and integrate VR in standard processes. The validation showed that participants considered these recommendations to be important for VR implementation. Discussion: This study underlined the importance of addressing contextual factors by taking a holistic, multi-level approach during implementation, especially as VR requires adaptations throughout the organisation. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | TNW: Science and Technology |
| Subject: | 02 science and culture in general, 70 social sciences in general |
| Programme: | Health Sciences MSc (66851) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/106258 |
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