Maximizing Educational Impact with Extended Reality
Bringing realistic clinical simulations to life is no small task. Anyone who has been a part of a simulation day knows a thing or two about all the work that goes into it. So many decisions need to be made, schedules need to be aligned, and skills need to be developed – all in such […]
Virtual Reality: A New Wave for Simulation-Based Education
Whether in the classroom or the clinical setting, opportunities for learners to practice skills freely and in a safe environment are limited. However, replicating real-world clinical scenarios is crucial in preparing students for practice and reinforcing knowledge and skills for clinicians. This recreation of specific clinical situations is often referred to as ‘simulation-based education’, and […]
Leveraging Virtual Reality to Improve Maternal Care
Preparing for the arrival of a new baby is often a time filled with joy, love, and anticipation as soon-to-be parents get ready both physically and mentally for a new chapter of life. While pregnancy should be a time devoted solely to the excitement of bringing in new life, it sadly continues to be a […]
The True Cost of Nursing Turnover: Why Nurses are Resigning and What It Means for the Healthcare Industry
Nursing has seen a shift in recent years that has caused alarm – higher turnover rates, staff shortages, and an increased demand for healthcare professionals have impacted the remaining staff and patients. It’s significantly financially costly for hospitals to replace lost staff, not to mention the time and resources cost of finding a suitable replacement. […]
Oxford Medical Simulation Raises $12.6 Million in Series A Funding to Address Critical Healthcare Training Gap with Virtual Reality
Talking with a patient is one of the best ways for healthcare professionals to hone their communication skills – gathering history, explaining rationale, building rapport, or even having difficult conversations.
Using Your Voice: Communicating with Virtual Patients
Talking with a patient is one of the best ways for healthcare professionals to hone their communication skills – gathering history, explaining rationale, building rapport, or even having difficult conversations.
Changing the Face of Education: Virtual Reality in Curriculum
In healthcare education, students often must retain a hefty amount of information, and on top of that, they must build psychomotor skills they can take with them into clinical practice.
Simulation is a well-known method to begin bridging the gap between knowledge and practice, and while it certainly has a place in healthcare curricula, it also has its limitations.
Virtual Reality for Nontechnical Skills
Across industries, like healthcare and aviation, virtual, augmented, and mixed reality have been used to assess and progress technical and procedural skills from emergency medicine to pilot training.
Clinician Decision Making in Virtual Simulation
Healthcare professionals, like nurses, doctors, or occupational therapists, make an incredible number of decisions per day. In fact, nurses working in critical care actually make decisions almost every 30 seconds, adding up to about 960 decisions made in a single shift of work.
OMS for Interprofessional Team Building
Building a safe space for a working environment is imperative to interdisciplinary team success in healthcare settings. VR can be used as a way to connect the interprofessional team from any space, providing similar benefits to that of in-person team building simulations.