Denyse King
- Lecturer In Midwifery
- Portsmouth
Biography
I am a registered midwife and registered midwifery lecturer. My doctorate research explored the impact of Virtual Reality Learning Environments on holistic healthcare education.
Research
I am currently researching the effectiveness of MaCO as a learning experience from learners ranging from nursery nurses through healthcare students, and qualified professionals such as school nurses, health visitors, midwives and GPs. I also spent an enjoyable few months working in partnership with Fotini Tsofliou - one of the senior team in the nutrition department - in order to enhance MaCO in this area. This has been an experience that we both enjoyed and as I am currently in discussion with a major textbook publisher about writing a textbook on the subject of maternal and childhood obesity and I have invited Fotini to contribute to the chapters on nutrition.
This research is intended to support the development of The Collaborative Alternative Augmented Reality Series (CAARS) - this research will be a scoping project, Creation of a 3D virtual environment that can be used across a wide range of subjects in health and associated subjects.The project will test the affordances of fully immersive and mixed reality experiences from the student point of view in relation to the perceived theory:practice gap. The results from the tests will then by analysed to identify if and how student's feelings and perceptions have changed as a result of their experiences.
The impact of virtual reality learning environments (VRLE) on the confidence, knowledge and reasoning of healthcare students and associated impact on patient care in clinical practice.
I researched the impact of virtual reality learning environments on holistic healthcare education for my doctorate. My thesis has been submitted and my viva will be in 2024. My supervisors are Isa Rega, Ed Bickle and Catherine Angell.
