SimCenter Hawaii: Virtual Reality Applications for Health Care Education and Training
Abstract
Technology-Enabled Learning and Intervention Systems (TELIS) describes a development model and associated tools for advanced educational products and applications. As an extension of this roadmap, SimCenter Hawaii has developed a research design model that addresses specific challenges (e.g., improved user interfaces, the development of telecollaboration tools) directed toward improving the development of effective TELIS educational applications that can benefit the military's training programs. The following 3 medical simulation projects are herein proposed under the SimCenter Hawaii's TELIS model: 1) Implementing a combination of usability engineering methods, an evaluation model that combines two iterations of heuristic usability evaluations and one iteration of user testing, will achieve measurable software design improvements in development of the VR nephron; 2) Didactic training plus VR Triage training will result in improved triage skills acquisition over didactic training alone; and 3) the Virtual Reality Motor-Skills Simulator will result in equal or better results than a box trainer in developing fine-motor surgical skills, as assessed by performance of a virtual procedure on the LapSim simulator.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA520182
Entities
People
- Lawrence Burgess