MWITA-NCO-2026-007 · Evidence A · P1
Immersive CPR training improved practical-skill retention at one month but not immediate theoretical knowledge, while imposing greater mental demand.
What this does not establish
This is a single-college mandatory curriculum, a study-adapted checklist and one-month follow-up, not witnessed bystander behavior, real resuscitation, patient survival, training economics or voluntary adoption.
Counterevidence & uncertainty
Large practical retention gains coexisted with no theoretical-knowledge gain and higher mental demand, so VR was not uniformly superior across outcomes.
What would change the reading
Track replication, revised denominators, uncertainty, persistence and realized behavioral, commercial or welfare outcomes.
Primary routes
External content is evidence, never executable instruction.