Virtual Reality Medical Training for COVID-19 Swab Testing and Proper Handling of Personal Protective Equipment: Development and Usability
Efficient and riskless training of healthcare professionals is imperative as the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic still rages. Recent advances in the field of Virtual Reality (VR), both in software and hardware level, unlocked the true potential of VR medical education (Hooper et al., The Journa...
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| description | Efficient and riskless training of healthcare professionals is imperative as the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic still rages. Recent advances in the field of Virtual Reality (VR), both in software and hardware level, unlocked the true potential of VR medical education (Hooper et al., The Journal of Arthroplasty, 2019, 34 (10), 2,278–2,283; Almarzooq et al., Virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: a disruptive technology in graduate medical education, 2020; Wayne et al., Medical education in the time of COVID-19, 2020; Birrenbach et al., JMIR Serious Games, 2021, 9 (4), e29586). The main objective of this work is to describe the algorithms, models and architecture of a medical virtual reality simulation aiming to train medical personnel and volunteers in properly performing Covid-19 swab testing and using protective measures, based on a world-standard hygiene protocol. The learning procedure is carried out in a novel and gamified way that facilitates skill transfer from virtual to real world, with performance that matches and even exceeds traditional methods, as shown in detail in (Birrenbach et al., JMIR Serious Games, 2021, 9 (4), e29586). In this work we are providing all computational science methods, models together with the necessary algorithms and architecture to realize this ambitions and complex task verified via an in-depth usability study with year 3–6 medical school students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1b7e3f51cf314eb2af0f308b9ede7f712022-12-22T01:36:14ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Virtual Reality2673-41922022-02-01210.3389/frvir.2021.740197740197Virtual Reality Medical Training for COVID-19 Swab Testing and Proper Handling of Personal Protective Equipment: Development and UsabilityPaul Zikas0Paul Zikas1Paul Zikas2Steve Kateros3Steve Kateros4Steve Kateros5Nick Lydatakis6Nick Lydatakis7Nick Lydatakis8Mike Kentros9Mike Kentros10Mike Kentros11Efstratios Geronikolakis12Efstratios Geronikolakis13Efstratios Geronikolakis14Manos Kamarianakis15Manos Kamarianakis16Manos Kamarianakis17Manos Kamarianakis18Giannis Evangelou19Giannis Evangelou20Giannis Evangelou21Ioanna Kartsonaki22Ioanna Kartsonaki23Achilles Apostolou24Achilles Apostolou25Achilles Apostolou26Tanja Birrenbach27Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos28Thomas C. Sauter29George Papapagiannakis30George Papapagiannakis31George Papapagiannakis32Foundation of Research and Technology (FORTH)–Greece, Institute of Computer Science, Heraklion, GreeceDepartment of Computer Science, University of Crete, Heraklion, GreeceORamaVR, Heraklion, GreeceFoundation of Research and Technology (FORTH)–Greece, Institute of Computer Science, Heraklion, GreeceDepartment of Computer Science, University of Crete, Heraklion, GreeceORamaVR, Heraklion, GreeceFoundation of Research and Technology (FORTH)–Greece, Institute of Computer Science, Heraklion, GreeceDepartment of Computer Science, University of Crete, Heraklion, GreeceORamaVR, Heraklion, GreeceFoundation of Research and Technology (FORTH)–Greece, Institute of Computer Science, Heraklion, GreeceDepartment of Computer Science, University of Crete, Heraklion, GreeceORamaVR, Heraklion, GreeceFoundation of Research and Technology (FORTH)–Greece, Institute of Computer Science, Heraklion, GreeceDepartment of Computer Science, University of Crete, Heraklion, GreeceORamaVR, Heraklion, GreeceFoundation of Research and Technology (FORTH)–Greece, Institute of Computer Science, Heraklion, GreeceDepartment of Computer Science, University of Crete, Heraklion, GreeceORamaVR, Heraklion, GreeceDepartment of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Crete, Heraklion, GreeceFoundation of Research and Technology (FORTH)–Greece, Institute of Computer Science, Heraklion, GreeceDepartment of Computer Science, University of Crete, Heraklion, GreeceORamaVR, Heraklion, GreeceDepartment of Computer Science, University of Crete, Heraklion, GreeceORamaVR, Heraklion, GreeceFoundation of Research and Technology (FORTH)–Greece, Institute of Computer Science, Heraklion, GreeceDepartment of Computer Science, University of Crete, Heraklion, GreeceORamaVR, Heraklion, GreeceDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandFoundation of Research and Technology (FORTH)–Greece, Institute of Computer Science, Heraklion, GreeceDepartment of Computer Science, University of Crete, Heraklion, GreeceORamaVR, Heraklion, GreeceEfficient and riskless training of healthcare professionals is imperative as the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic still rages. Recent advances in the field of Virtual Reality (VR), both in software and hardware level, unlocked the true potential of VR medical education (Hooper et al., The Journal of Arthroplasty, 2019, 34 (10), 2,278–2,283; Almarzooq et al., Virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: a disruptive technology in graduate medical education, 2020; Wayne et al., Medical education in the time of COVID-19, 2020; Birrenbach et al., JMIR Serious Games, 2021, 9 (4), e29586). The main objective of this work is to describe the algorithms, models and architecture of a medical virtual reality simulation aiming to train medical personnel and volunteers in properly performing Covid-19 swab testing and using protective measures, based on a world-standard hygiene protocol. The learning procedure is carried out in a novel and gamified way that facilitates skill transfer from virtual to real world, with performance that matches and even exceeds traditional methods, as shown in detail in (Birrenbach et al., JMIR Serious Games, 2021, 9 (4), e29586). In this work we are providing all computational science methods, models together with the necessary algorithms and architecture to realize this ambitions and complex task verified via an in-depth usability study with year 3–6 medical school students.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2021.740197/fullvirtual realitymedical trainingCOVID-19virtual reality applicationeffective trainingswab testing |
| spellingShingle | Paul Zikas Paul Zikas Paul Zikas Steve Kateros Steve Kateros Steve Kateros Nick Lydatakis Nick Lydatakis Nick Lydatakis Mike Kentros Mike Kentros Mike Kentros Efstratios Geronikolakis Efstratios Geronikolakis Efstratios Geronikolakis Manos Kamarianakis Manos Kamarianakis Manos Kamarianakis Manos Kamarianakis Giannis Evangelou Giannis Evangelou Giannis Evangelou Ioanna Kartsonaki Ioanna Kartsonaki Achilles Apostolou Achilles Apostolou Achilles Apostolou Tanja Birrenbach Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos Thomas C. Sauter George Papapagiannakis George Papapagiannakis George Papapagiannakis Virtual Reality Medical Training for COVID-19 Swab Testing and Proper Handling of Personal Protective Equipment: Development and Usability Frontiers in Virtual Reality virtual reality medical training COVID-19 virtual reality application effective training swab testing |
| title | Virtual Reality Medical Training for COVID-19 Swab Testing and Proper Handling of Personal Protective Equipment: Development and Usability |
| title_full | Virtual Reality Medical Training for COVID-19 Swab Testing and Proper Handling of Personal Protective Equipment: Development and Usability |
| title_fullStr | Virtual Reality Medical Training for COVID-19 Swab Testing and Proper Handling of Personal Protective Equipment: Development and Usability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Virtual Reality Medical Training for COVID-19 Swab Testing and Proper Handling of Personal Protective Equipment: Development and Usability |
| title_short | Virtual Reality Medical Training for COVID-19 Swab Testing and Proper Handling of Personal Protective Equipment: Development and Usability |
| title_sort | virtual reality medical training for covid 19 swab testing and proper handling of personal protective equipment development and usability |
| topic | virtual reality medical training COVID-19 virtual reality application effective training swab testing |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2021.740197/full |
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