Exploring Surgeon’s Acceptance of Virtual Reality Headset for Training

Libi Beke Hen ()
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Libi Beke Hen: Vrije University Brussels

A chapter in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, 2019, pp 291-304 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Understanding user intention to accept or reject a new technology is a key factor in implementation and success of new system technology in an organization (Gahtani & King, 1999). The purpose of this study was to explore surgeon’s acceptance of Virtual Reality Headset (VRH) as a surgical simulator. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model was applied to explore the factors that affected surgeon’s acceptance. A structured questionnaire was conducted to capture information from international surgeons. The result explain 52% of variance associated with Behavioural Intention (R2 = 0.521), the three constructs of UTAUT model: Performance Expectancy (PE), Social Influence (SI) and Effort Expectancy (EE) have a significance and the biggest impact on surgeons behavioural intention to use the Virtual Reality Headset, therefore organizations must take into account the following: (1) emphasize the usefulness of the software (2) consider surgeon’s psychological aspects. (3) The system must be easy to use.

Keywords: Virtual reality headset; Simulator; Surgical training; UTAUT; Technology acceptance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-06246-0_21

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