Megan Valente

Virtual reality (VR) training for healthcare is more than SIM; it’s an entire immersive experience that helps clinicians train their minds and bodies to recognize and respond deliberately and calmly to high-risk care events. Health Scholars has curated specific VR elements to make that experience as realistic as possible. As a result, clinicians go beyond practicing a simple drill of following a checklist.

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Health systems are increasingly using virtual reality to make medical training more efficient and cost effective. “Virtual reality is a three-dimensional interactive experience, which means it is a better way to train than just looking at a cadaver and it’s less expensive too,” said Dr. Walter Greenleaf, the virtual reality/augmented reality expert at Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab.