Top emerging Technology trends in medical education: from augmented reality to Holoportation; Upgrade solutions for Tele-proximity and Embodiment: A review article

Background and aims: Medical education is improved using new technologies. These advantagesinclude the improvement of decision-making and skill coordination, enhanced perceptualvariation, and the creation of an engaging educational environment that allows students to practiceprocedures without any risk to a human patient. This study discusses the trends of these technologiesas well as examines solutions for tele-proximity and embodiment.Method: This is a Narrative review. The search was done in Persian and Latin databases includingSID, Iran medex, Iran doc, Google scholar, ERIC, SID, Science direct, PubMed withoutconsidering the time limit. The keywords used included: interaction, embodiment, tele-presence,tele-proximity, tele-community AND the list of all new technologies used in medical education.In the initial search, ۴۲۶ studies were identified. After review of article titles, ۳۲۳ articles wereremoved and ۱۰۳ article abstracts were reviewed, and ۵۲ articles were fully studied.Results: Results showed experience of telepresence is a consequence of the way in which we areembodied. Interaction has dimensions of communication, participation and active learning. Theconcept of independence alone is not enough to express the basic characteristics of interaction,but the concept of control should be paid attention to. In addition to the structure of distance education,interpersonal behaviors are also important for the sense of presence. Holograms exhibitthe ability to improve knowledge scores and spatial awareness in comparison with traditionalteaching approaches, especially for anatomical learning. The HoloLens shows high-precision holographicimages, enabling learners to visualize anatomical constructs from all perspectives, andis also able to recognize precise shapes or objects in real world with good accuracy to align thehologram with these constructsConclusion: Innovative examples from Higher Education are presented to illustrate creativeways in which emerging technologies are beginning to be used in teaching practice. Technologicaladvances continue to increase the potential for how synchronous communication technologiescan support and improve the presence of online and enhance virtual and real-time interactions inonline education. As these technologies are still emerging there is a great need for further educationalresearch and some directions are highlighted.

Keywords:

Technology , medical education , augmented reality , Embodiment