Perceptual Dual-Task Training via Simulation for Veterinary Students

Abstract

Perceptual training can be implemented via simulation for specific tasks in which the actual event being trained for rarely occurs. Simulation may also be able to train domain-specific skills related to stress-management difficult to train in real-world training. Simulation use is growing wide-spread in the training of the motor skills used in similar tasks, but generalizability of perceptual skills and abilities to specific tasks is not clear. The current study sought to examine the potential of a veterinary training simulation module and examine the relationship between training methods and working memory capacity, and these factors effects on performance in a stressful, dual-task perceptual performance environment.