A Whole New World of Medical Education
➣ By Nicole Kissane & Charles Pozner Medical education has entered a virtual world. The Neil and Elise Wallace Simulation, Training, Research and Technology Utilization System Center at Brigham and…read more →
Author: Brenda Wiederhold
President of Virtual Reality Medical Institute (VRMI) in Brussels, Belgium. Executive VP Virtual Reality Medical Center (VRMC), based in San Diego and Los Angeles, California. CEO of Interactive Media Institute a 501c3 non-profit Clinical Instructor in Department of Psychiatry at UCSD Founder of CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy, & Social Networking Conference Visiting Professor at Catholic University Milan.
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Mixed Virtual Learning Environments for the Simulation of Head and Neck Injuries
➣ By Olivier Courteille, Hans von Holst & Li Felländer-Tsai The quality of clinical decision making in the treatment of trauma patients could be significantly improved by promoting the history…read more →
Higher Order Performance Assessments Using Error Enabled Simulations: A New Approach
➣ By Carla M. Pugh & Janis Cannon-Bowers In the operating room environment, mastery of surgical skills requires both technical excellence and excellence in operative decision making. Recognizing and correcting…read more →
Medical Simulations for a Patient-specific Clinical Practice
➣ By Claudio Capelli The safety and performance of medical devices prior to their use in clinical practice is currently demonstrated by the use of models. Computer models can contribute…read more →
A Medical VR Simulator in Laparoscopic Rectum Surgery
➣ ByJun J. Pan et al. The last two decades have seen some of the most exciting developments in medicine with the advent of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) including both…read more →
Simulation-Based Training: Beyond the Bells and Whistles!
➣ By Eduardo Salas & Megan E. Gregory The use of simulation-based training (SBT) is becoming more and more prolific in healthcare. Simulations can include anything from role-playing standardized patients…read more →
A Virtual Training System for Children with Upper Extremity Disability: Providing Real-time Interactive Feedback for Hand Rehabilitation
➣ By Kup-Sze Choi Hand dexterity is essential for many activities of daily living (ADL), e.g., buttoning or tying shoelaces. Among them, writing and drawing are of particular importance to…read more →
Methods and Tools for Surgical Assessment in the Simulation World
➣ By Constantinos Loukas Simulation-based education is a training and feedback method in which learners practice a task repeatedly on a simulated model until reaching a predefined competency level. Training…read more →
Medical Simulation: Empowering the Future of Healthcare
➣ By Brenda K. Wiederhold & Mark D. Wiederhold The advent of medical simulation technologies stemmed from a diverse array of fields, merging together to form a new way…read more →