Beyond the Classroom: Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Haptics for Enhanced Surgical Training and Education

Erasmus+ Higher EducationCooperation partnerships in higher educationID: 2023-1-NO01-KA220-HED-000160462
EC Contribution
โ‚ฌ2,500
Consortium Size
4 orgs
Start Year
2023
โ–ถSummary

- Develop a haptic-enabled immersive platform for surgical education - Integrate cutting-edge VR and AR capabilities with wearable haptic devices to create realistic and immersive learning experie...

โ–ถObjectives

- Develop a haptic-enabled immersive platform for surgical education - Integrate cutting-edge VR and AR capabilities with wearable haptic devices to create realistic and immersive learning experiences - Improve learning outcomes and patient care by enhancing the comprehension and skill acquisition of medical students through haptic-enabled immersive learning - Reduce the environmental impact of traditional physical laboratories by providing digital immersive training scenarios

โ–ถActivities

1. Project Management 2. Development of compendium on applying immersive learning practices for medical study programmes 4. Development of immersive learning scenarios for the selected study programme 5. Re-designing the selected study programme by integrating the developed learning scenarios 6. Dissemination

โ–ถImpact

ImmersiveSurgicalEdu results will be developed: - R1: compendium on applying immersive learning practices for medical study programmes - R2: immersive learning scenarios for the selected study programme - R3: Re-designed selected study programme by integrating the developed learning scenarios Targets: 1) increased digital transformation skills and competences of at least 80 students 2) increased teachers competences (totally 4 teachers) 3) improved learning experience for at least 80 students

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