Randomized trial demonstrates enhanced nursing informatics competency in clinical nurses after metaverse training, indicating the value of virtual immersive education for generative AI.
Key Points
To develop and evaluate a six-week, metaverse-based generative AI nursing informatics competency education program for clinical nurses.
Randomized controlled trial allocating 48 clinical nurses to either a metaverse-based flipped learning intervention (n=24) or a control group (n=24), with 46 participants completing the study.
The curriculum was developed using the ADDIE instructional design model and Bandura's self-efficacy theory, with evaluations at baseline, post-intervention, and at a 4-week follow-up analyzed via repeated-measures ANOVA (CRIS KCT0011821).
The intervention group achieved significantly greater improvement in the primary endpoint of nursing informatics competency relative to controls (p < 0.01), which was sustained at 4 weeks post-intervention.
Secondary outcomes—general self-efficacy, ethical awareness of AI use, and evidence-based practice—also showed significantly greater gains in the intervention arm (all p < 0.01).