Participants in this arm will receive case-based educational scenarios delivered through a metaverse environment as part of their psychiatric nursing coursework. Students will engage in interactive virtual simulations with virtual patients and healthcare teams to practice interpersonal communication in complex, emotionally charged psychiatric scenarios.

Participants in this arm will receive the usual psychiatric nursing teaching methods without exposure to metaverse-based case scenarios. They will continue to follow the standard curriculum delivered through conventional classroom or existing e-learning formats.

The intervention consists of structured case-based scenarios delivered via an immersive metaverse platform, where students interact in real time with virtual patients and peers. Sessions will be designed to promote interpersonal communication, empathy, and academic engagement and to reduce mind-wandering during psychiatric nursing education activities. (You may later specify number of sessions, duration per session, and total intervention period when finalized.)

Total score on the Interpersonal Communication Skills tool assessing communication abilities in clinical and academic interactions