Virtual Reality Provides Lifelike Training For Doctors Simulating Procedures With Virtual Reality Medical schools, training programs and hospitals are always looking for new ways to educate students and new doctors on how to effectively treat patients. While reading textbooks, attending lectures … [Read more...]

UNMC Unveils The Teaching Hospital of the Future The University of Nebraska Medical Center has officially opened a new 192,000 square foot, high-tech simulation training facility that will provide hands-on education to medical students. The Davis Global Center on UNMC’s campus in Omaha includes a … [Read more...]

Simulations Plus to Participate in the Credit Suisse Virtual Healthcare Conference LANCASTER, Calif.-Simulations Plus, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLP), a premier provider of simulation and modeling software and consulting services for pharmaceutical discovery and development, today announced that chief … [Read more...]

Playing a Serious Game Facilitated Patient-Directed Approaches for CINV Older patients with cancer undergoing treatment with emetogenic chemotherapy were more likely to practice preventive behaviors when they participated in an interactive, educational — ie, “serious” — game focused on the … [Read more...]

Going beyond the game: Gamification in rehabilitation   As games become a part of our everyday life, developoers are turning them into tools for teaching and rehabilitation. Read More … [Read more...]

Brightlobe launches first game made to help children improve mental health amid coronavirus pandemic UK child health startup and game development studio Brightlobe has launched Kai’s Sanctuary in beta. It’s a mobile game specifically made to help children improve their mental health during the … [Read more...]

Sidekick Health scores $20M for its gamified digital care platform - TechCrunch Nordic digital therapeutics company, Sidekick Health, has closed a $20 million Series A led by pan-European VC Wellington Partners and healthcare focused VC Asabys Partners. Existing investors, Novator and Frumtak … [Read more...]

Setting the Foundation for an In Situ Simulation Program Through the Development of a Malignant Hyperthermia Simulation in the Operating Room This article reviews the VA Manchester Healthcare System's journey to develop a robust simulation program and how an in situ simulation for malignant … [Read more...]

SPARK Healthcare Launches Evidence-Based Gamification App to Reach Healthcare Professionals Beacon Learning App Uses Gaming Technology to Educate Clinicians about Pharma/Biotech Products & Medical Devices BROOKLYN, N.Y., - This week, SPARK Healthcare launches Beacon Learning, a … [Read more...]

Telemedicine and Virtual Reality for Cognitive Rehabilitation A Roadmap for the COVID-19 Pandemic The current COVID-19 pandemic presents unprecedented new challenges to public health and medical care delivery. To control viral transmission, social distancing measures have been implemented all over … [Read more...]

Beyond Reality: New AUGMED Tool Pushes Limits of Medical Simulation n a small multi-purpose activity room filled with socially-distant, mask-clad Soldiers attempting to learn the proper way to tie tourniquets and set splints, Chris Sandoval delivered one of his famous – and famously loud – rules of … [Read more...]

How can virtual reality games help in making stroke patients recover faster Researchers at the University of East Anglia have been putting virtual reality rehabilitation for stroke survivors to the test. They have created a new gaming platform which uses low cost videogame technology to improve the … [Read more...]

New Video Game Sharpens Skills of Elderly Drivers Researchers at the Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer at Tohoku University want elderly drivers to devote time each day to a new video game so that they can be safer and sharper behind the wheel of a car. The Cognitive Training for Car … [Read more...]

NeuroPlus's EEG-controlled video game helps kids manage their ADHD, study shows A brain-training video game shows promising signs for the treatment of ADHD in a new randomized clinical trial. In the game, from developer NeuroPlus, children wear an EEG monitor and additional sensors that measure … [Read more...]

Free LabTrainingVR Instruction from CDC: Setting Up a BioSafety Cabinet This free, downloadable course enables learners to apply knowledge and practice setting up a biosafety cabinet (also known as a biological safety cabinet, or BSC) in a virtual laboratory. Future updates to this course will … [Read more...]