Microsoft HoloLens Demo: Ehtzaz Chaudhry FST/FLIE will provide ‘hands-on’ opportunity to try out this exciting VR kit.
Update on Research: Tongai Chichaya /Vikram Mohan gives a short update on their Hololens project
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Anglia Ruskin University:
HoloLens: Service user’s home
• HoloLens attached to Teams
• DYNAMIX assisted software solution
• 360 Video – Mother/ Consent
Bedside teaching is seen as one of the most important modalities in teaching a variety of skills important for the medical profession, but its use is declining
Impediments to bedside teaching need to be overcome if this teaching modality is to remain a valuable educational method for durable clinical skills
Hologram technology is a three-dimensional projection which can be seen without using any special equipment such as cameras or glasses. The image can be viewed from any angle, so as the user walks around the display the object will appear to move and shift realistically.
Head-mounted display which uses holographic technology to generate augmented visuals
Used in Medicine, Surgery and education/ Hologram (Augmented reality)
Remarkable advantages have already been identified from using the HoloLens for medical use [1], from training in anatomy and diagnostics to acute and critical patient care, such as for visualizing organs prior to surgery [12], teaching dental students [13], and in pathology education [14].
Articles searched since 2019 which supported clinical care: Virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality.
202 articles found – 47 selected
Focusing on HoloLens 2 medical sub-field applications, device functionalities provided to users, software/platform/framework used, as well as the study validation
28 studies – surgical conditions and in emergency set-up
Few studies – Gait analysis and to assess lower extremity function/ Rehabilitation.
9 studies – enhance/ compliment bedside teaching
An Imperial-led project has introduced mixed-reality headsets on hospital COVID-19 wards to keep doctors safe as they help patients with coronavirus.
2021 Published article
How do I came across this? Council of Deans of Health – Pandemic powered improvement - Best practice in innovative healthcare education placements created during the pandemic (Hilda’s home).
Aim – was to create placement experience that could accommodate potentially hundreds of students while being engaging.
Simulation & technology enabled placements
Virtual simulated placement/number of nursing students intake increasing/
Learning gains (TEF)/ communication and practical skills will improve/ confidence in handling different case scenarios/
Challenges – Clinician interest to use the technology. Training, GDPR – Data Protection – Director of Learning technology assessment with IT division of the university.
Imperial college - We met information security and governance requirements for handling patient data by using an institutional WiFi network and restricted user accounts protected with multifactor authentication.