Immersive tech trains global health heroes from their homes
Immersive technology has been used to help train surgeons who faced reduced learning opportunities due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Immersive technology has been used to help train surgeons who faced reduced learning opportunities due to COVID-19 restrictions. The NMIS-AFRC worked with a consortium using augmented reality (AR) to train surgeons on 3D-printed models of human organs. Surgeons can learn in their own homes using a mobile application to perform ‘surgery,’ on lifelike models with step-by-step instructions and real-time feedback and they can video-record themselves performing essential surgical skills before uploading them for review by experienced surgical trainers. Experts from the NMIS-AFRC provided the AR software that works alongside the models, with the solution proving so successful that 160 kits have already been distributed to the UK and three countries in Africa, where the technology can also help medical professionals in less developed areas.
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