Preparing medical first responders for crises: a systematic literature review of disaster training programs and their effectiveness

AS Baetzner, R Wespi, Y Hill, L Gyllencreutz… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Adequate training and preparation of medical first responders (MFRs) are
essential for an optimal performance in highly demanding situations like disasters (eg, mass …

Police training in practice: Organization and delivery according to European law enforcement agencies

L Kleygrewe, RRD Oudejans, M Koedijk… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Police training plays a crucial role in the development of police officers. Because the training
of police officers combines various educational components and is governed by …

Enhancing operational police training in high stress situations with virtual reality: experiences, tools and guidelines

O Zechner, L Kleygrewe, E Jaspaert… - Multimodal …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Virtual Reality (VR) provides great opportunities for police officers to train decision-making
and acting (DMA) in cognitively demanding and stressful situations. This paper presents a …

Virtual stressors with real impact: what virtual reality-based biobehavioral research can teach us about typical and atypical stress responsivity

EA Shirtcliff, TT Finseth, EH Winer, DC Glahn… - Translational …, 2024 - nature.com
Stress contributes to transdiagnostic morbidity and mortality across a wide range of physical
and mental health problems. VR tasks have been validated as stressors with robust effect …

Virtual reality training for police officers: A comparison of training responses in VR and real-life training

L Kleygrewe, RIV Hutter, M Koedijk… - Police Practice and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT In policing, Virtual Reality scenario-based training (VR SBT) is being explored
to complement real-life scenario-based training (RL SBT). We investigated whether relevant …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing judgment and decision-making research in sport psychology by using the body as an informant in embodied choices

L Voigt, J Friedrich, P Grove, N Heinrich… - Asian Journal of Sport …, 2023 - Elsevier
Successful sports performance often requires choosing what to do and how to do it in
dynamic, complex, and uncertain environments. Thus, an understanding of the processes …

[HTML][HTML] Testing the hormesis hypothesis on motor behavior under stress

L Voigt, Y Hill, MO Frenkel - Applied Ergonomics, 2024 - Elsevier
While much research has focused on the deleterious effects of stress on goal-directed
behavior in recent decades, current views increasingly discuss growth under stress, often …

Psychophysiological insights and user perspectives: Enhancing police de-escalation skills through full-body VR training

JE Muñoz, JA Lavoie, AT Pope - Frontiers in Psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, Virtual Reality (VR) has emerged as a promising tool for enhancing training
responses in high-stress professions, notably among police officers. This study investigates …

Assist the VR trainer–real-time dashboard and after-action review for police VR training

M Murtinger, J Uhl, H Schrom-Feiertag… - … on Metrology for …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Training in virtual reality is becoming increasingly relevant for several target groups. This is
especially valid when it comes to simulating a challenging environment that is not or only …

Changing perspectives: enhancing learning efficacy with the after-action review in virtual reality training for police

L Kleygrewe, RIV Hutter, M Koedijk, RRD Oudejans - Ergonomics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The After-Action Review (AAR) in Virtual Reality (VR) training for police provides
new opportunities to enhance learning. We investigated whether perspectives (bird's eye & …