# Virtual Reality and Lived-Experience Speakers in Homelessness Education: A Mixed-Methods Study of Medical Sciences Students' Empathy and Attitudes Toward People Experiencing Homelessness

> **NCT07727447** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Western University** · enrollment: 74 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Empathy Towards People Experiencing Homelessness
- Education
- Education, Medical, Undergraduate

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** We Live Here virtual reality homelessness perspective-taking simulation
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Lived-experience speaker session on homelessness

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07727447
- **Lead sponsor:** Western University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2025-09-09
- **Primary completion:** 2025-11-14
- **Final completion:** 2025-11-14
- **Target enrollment:** 74 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07727447

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07727447, "Virtual Reality and Lived-Experience Speakers in Homelessness Education: A Mixed-Methods Study of Medical Sciences Students' Empathy and Attitudes Toward People Experiencing Homelessness". Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-20 from https://api.morvs.ai/clinical/NCT07727447. Licensed CC0.

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