COVIRR

Clinical skills labs exist in many Universities and University Hospitals, having a high maintenance cost and doesn't always offer to the medical and nursing students a fully immersive experience. In recent years there is an expansion of ICT in healthcare education, and a number of online resources in the form of Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs), Virtual Patients (VPs) and other on-screen computer or mobile simulation tools have been created with positive acceptance by the students. However, current efforts luck to provide a cost effective and immersive clinical skills learning experience. Furthermore, Virtual Reality (VR) exists for many years, but it is only lately that the new generation smartphones make VR accessible to a wider audience. There are a few examples of VR resources for healthcare education, and some studies showed promising results. While simulation based training is identified as a valid teaching/learning strategy, little evidence exists for the design and use of..

Also known as: CoViRR Project

Primary location: Nottingham United Kingdom