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Recognizing and attempting management of patients with urgent or emergent conditions is one of the Association of American Medical Colleges Core Entrustable Professional Activities (#10) and a skill desired of new interns. However, given the acuity of these patient conditions, medical students often struggle to gain experience in these situations. Virtual reality could help fill this void while lowering costs and resources compared with high-fidelity simulation. ⋯ We demonstrated that virtual reality is an acceptable, cost-effective, and feasible modality to teach medical students how to recognize and attempt management of urgent clinical situations (Core Entrustable Professional Activity 10).