Patient holograms could help train future doctors
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2024 7:56 am
This technology is being developed by Cambridge University at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and US firm GigXR. The use of holograms brings medical training using “mixed reality” technology one step closer.
3D holography is a commercially available innovation, which can be customized according to requirements. In this case, holography uses digital image inputs and provides extensive data visualization for training of doctors, surgeons and students.
“Mixed reality not only allows us to create holograms of patients that will elicit realistic medical responses, but it also combines the latest advances in hardware devices, software, remote gambling data turkey capabilities and experience,” explains Cambridge University Consultant and Director of Postgraduate Education, Dr Arun Gupta.
The coronavirus has forced the cancellation of many in-person simulation lab activities as well as clinical rotations. This program joins other clinical simulation initiatives that are helping healthcare institutions overcome the challenges of COVID-19, as the need to purchase, install, and use new remote learning tools has never been greater.
“The rules for how instructors teach their students, whether online or on campus, are changing daily. Most are moving toward hybrid models, yet still needing tools that optimize learning,” said GigXR CEO and Founder David King Lassman, “We developed HoloPatient Remote and Gig Mobile so students can complete and even accelerate simulation training.”
Instructors will be able to share cases, change patient responses, introduce complications, and record observations, all while projecting the hologram into any training environment, whether it be a classroom, a teaching hospital, rural areas, or virtual institutions.
With technological advances, compact hardware and software are now available to assist in medical research and related applications. Students can access, observe, and evaluate holographic patient simulations from a mixed reality headset or an Android or iOS phone or tablet.
FUNIBER sponsors programs related to technological innovation. If you are interested in training in this area, consider enrolling in the Master in Strategic Management in Information Technology .
Sources:
National Library of Medicine: “Holography applications toward medical fields: An overview”
NHS Cambridge University Hospitals: “Hologram patients to help train future doctors and nurses”
BBC: “Holographic patients train doctors in world first in Cambridge”
ITV News: “Hologram patients being used to train new doctors and nurses in pioneering Cambridge project”
Healthy Simulation: “GigXR launches holographic standardized patients for remote clinical simulation training”
Photo: All rights reserved.
3D holography is a commercially available innovation, which can be customized according to requirements. In this case, holography uses digital image inputs and provides extensive data visualization for training of doctors, surgeons and students.
“Mixed reality not only allows us to create holograms of patients that will elicit realistic medical responses, but it also combines the latest advances in hardware devices, software, remote gambling data turkey capabilities and experience,” explains Cambridge University Consultant and Director of Postgraduate Education, Dr Arun Gupta.
The coronavirus has forced the cancellation of many in-person simulation lab activities as well as clinical rotations. This program joins other clinical simulation initiatives that are helping healthcare institutions overcome the challenges of COVID-19, as the need to purchase, install, and use new remote learning tools has never been greater.
“The rules for how instructors teach their students, whether online or on campus, are changing daily. Most are moving toward hybrid models, yet still needing tools that optimize learning,” said GigXR CEO and Founder David King Lassman, “We developed HoloPatient Remote and Gig Mobile so students can complete and even accelerate simulation training.”
Instructors will be able to share cases, change patient responses, introduce complications, and record observations, all while projecting the hologram into any training environment, whether it be a classroom, a teaching hospital, rural areas, or virtual institutions.
With technological advances, compact hardware and software are now available to assist in medical research and related applications. Students can access, observe, and evaluate holographic patient simulations from a mixed reality headset or an Android or iOS phone or tablet.
FUNIBER sponsors programs related to technological innovation. If you are interested in training in this area, consider enrolling in the Master in Strategic Management in Information Technology .
Sources:
National Library of Medicine: “Holography applications toward medical fields: An overview”
NHS Cambridge University Hospitals: “Hologram patients to help train future doctors and nurses”
BBC: “Holographic patients train doctors in world first in Cambridge”
ITV News: “Hologram patients being used to train new doctors and nurses in pioneering Cambridge project”
Healthy Simulation: “GigXR launches holographic standardized patients for remote clinical simulation training”
Photo: All rights reserved.