### C A S E S T U D Y

# WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY

## Transforming Higher Education Through Competency-Based Learning

_No patient should be anyone's first._

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Challenge · Solution · Innovation

## T HE CHALLENGE

Boosting Nurse Assessment for Non-Technical Skills

- Traditional form-based assessments fall short
- No high-fidelity assessment of student

## T HE SOLUTION

- Multiple modalities — desktop, mobile & VR
- Skill-based scoring for a collaborative environment

## T HE INNOVATION

- Rewards exploration beyond the obvious answer

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## Clinical Trial: VR Matches Desktop for Competency Learning

### VR vs Desktop — Study Variables

#### Key Finding

Three scenarios assessed first-time users with a novel skill-based method (MAGES Analytics Engine) across summative score, task load, simulation sickness, usability and immersion.

**On par**

VR matched desktop competency scores — no significant difference

### C L I N I C A L T R I A L →

For VR-novice participants, usability and immersion were strong while competency scores stayed statistically comparable to the desktop version.

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## Results That Matter

### Skill-Based Scoring

Granular analytics per action

### Cognitive Skills

Soft-skill training & assessment

**VR ≈ Desktop**

Comparable competency outcomes