Aim: To describe nursing students' perceptions of interaction in a multiplayer virtual reality (MPVR) simulation.
Design: A qualitative descriptive study.
Methods: Second-semester nursing students (n = 24) participated in pairs in MPVR simulations and semi-structured interviews.
Background: Collaborative clinical reasoning (CCR) occurs when two or more healthcare professionals reflect and negotiate an issue regarding patient's situation or care. This represents a crucial learning goal that needs to be achieved during healthcare education.
Purpose: To describe the characteristics of and the pre-conditions for learning collaborative clinical reasoning in healthcare education.