The Digital Revolution in medical education: exploring the transformative role of digital tools

Abstract

In medical education, the digital revolution denotes the shift from traditional to digital learning methodologies, enabling flexible learning without time and location restrictions, incorporating various digital tools to enhance teaching and learning processes. The objective aims to comprehensively analyze the available evidence on the transformative role of digital tools in medical education, including online learning platforms, virtual medical simulators, mobile medical education applications, and augmented and virtual reality technologies. The methodology responds to a systematic literature review. The results provide a comprehensive view of the impact of various digital tools in medical education, highlighting their potential benefits in terms of improving access, quality and effectiveness of medical learning. In conclusion, digital tools not only improve the accessibility of medical education, but also facilitate more efficient and engaging learning opportunities for students. In particular, virtual and augmented reality have emerged as promising innovations that enable the replication of authentic clinical environments and thus support the practice of skills and the development of clinical competence in a safe and controlled environment.