Desktop based virtual reality to enhance role clarification.
Role clarification is essential for health care professionals to understand each role in a health professions team. However, educators struggle to design and execute effective learning activities focusing on role clarification within interprofessional education programmes, often due to a limited und...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Interprofessional Care Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 481 - 485 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May/Jun2026
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