Terapia wirtualna: symulacje proceduralne w edukacji, terapii i kompleksowej rehabilitacji pacjentów
Virtual Therapy: Procedural Simulations in Education, Therapy and Comprehensive Rehabilitation of Patients, With Disabilities and Mental

Summary/Abstract: The advancement of information technology has made video games one of the most effective and impressive forms of computer software today, significantly enhancing society’s general knowledge about certain diseases and disabilities – both physical and mental. The recognition of this medium as a particularly valuable cognitive tool, as well as an effective educational, therapeutic, and rehabilitative resource, stems not only from the popularity of video games as a form of entertainment but also from the audiovisual and, consequently, procedural opportunities they provide. This article is a review. At the same time, based on a proprietary method we call procedural rhetoric, we analyzed video games we selected as particularly valuable in the medical sciences in an educational and rehabilitative context. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the effectiveness of video games in terms of their educational and rehabilitative value and to present a proprietary tool that may prove useful to representatives of medical sciences interested in employing modern technologies. It also seeks to contribute to the ongoing discussion about the role of technology in healthcare and rehabilitation by analyzing the benefits and limitations of video games in so-called virtual therapy. The meta-theoretical framework for the analyses is the systems paradigm, which led to the development of the biopsychosocial model of health in the late 1970s and its subsequent expansions.

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