Virtual Reality–Enhanced Training for Trauma-Informed Care Among Residential and Child Mental Health Professionals: Pre-Post Evaluation Study

Kostadin Kostadinov; John Goodwin; Gunter Groen; Astrid Jörns‑Presentati; Sinéad Heffernan; Áine O’Donovan; Maria O’Malley; Ryan Biskupovic Goulding; James O’Mahony; Stephanie Allen; Margaret Curtin; Satu Haapalainen; Jami Aho; Gergana Petrova; Svetla Ivanova; Valentina Lalova; Joonas Korhonen

doi:10.2196/86543

Virtual Reality–Enhanced Training for Trauma-Informed Care Among Residential and Child Mental Health Professionals: Pre-Post Evaluation Study

Kostadin Kostadinov
, John Goodwin
, Gunter Groen
, Astrid Jörns‑Presentati
, Sinéad Heffernan
, Áine O’Donovan
, Maria O’Malley
, Ryan Biskupovic Goulding
, James O’Mahony
, Stephanie Allen
, Margaret Curtin
, Satu Haapalainen
, Jami Aho
, Gergana Petrova
, Svetla Ivanova
, Valentina Lalova
, Joonas Korhonen

School of Nursing and Midwifery

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Journal	JMIR Medical Education
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2196/86543
Publication status	Published - 17 Apr 2026

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Kostadinov, K., Goodwin, J., Groen, G., Jörns‑Presentati, A., Heffernan, S., O’Donovan, Á., O’Malley, M., Goulding, R. B., O’Mahony, J., Allen, S., Curtin, M., Haapalainen, S., Aho, J., Petrova, G., Ivanova, S., Lalova, V., & Korhonen, J. (2026). Virtual Reality–Enhanced Training for Trauma-Informed Care Among Residential and Child Mental Health Professionals: Pre-Post Evaluation Study. JMIR Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.2196/86543

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Virtual Reality–Enhanced Training for Trauma-Informed Care Among Residential and Child Mental Health Professionals: Pre-Post Evaluation Study

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