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Acceptability and Utility of a Virtual Reality Diabetes-Related Foot Disease Training Program for First Nations People: A Pragmatic Quasi-Experimental Case Series Study

To test the utility and acceptability of a novel VR training tool for community health practitioners in assessing diabetes-related foot disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Citation:
McMillan N, Szpak A, Szpak Z, ……. Brown A, Fitridge R. Acceptability and Utility of a Virtual Reality Diabetes-Related Foot Disease Training Program for First Nations People: A Pragmatic Quasi-Experimental Case Series Study. Austr J Rural Health. 2026;34(4).

Keywords:
Aboriginal health practitioners; diabetes‐related foot disease; first nations health; remote learning; telehealth

Abstract:
To test the utility and acceptability of a novel VR training tool for community health practitioners in assessing diabetes-related foot disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.