I-Corps: Integrating Complex Augmented Reality Systems in Nursing Education

I-Corps项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力在于开发新技术和创新的教学方法，将其整合到当前的护理教育系统中，以改进培训并更好地为护士提供临床工作装备。这种方法最终可以减少早期职业护士的医疗差错。潜在的社会影响在于医疗保险和其他保险提供商的潜在储蓄，他们通常承担医疗事故成本的经济负担。预计这项新技术将为美国各地的护理教育机构提供低成本的高保真模拟和教育。这个I-Corps项目是基于医学模拟的发展，以增强现实（AR）来加强护理教育。提出的方法将使用人工智能驱动的AR场景，结合新颖的触觉反馈设备，提供高保真的模拟体验。人工智能驱动的AR包括使用会话全息患者和过程感知场景，通过这些场景来指导受训者。触觉反馈设备包括新的可穿戴力反馈模块和热反馈模块，使受训者能够感受到虚拟物体并与之互动，更重要的是，全息患者。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of new technologies and innovative teaching methods that integrate into current nursing education systems to improve training and better equip nurses for clinical work. This approach could ultimately reduce medical errors among early-career nurses. The potential societal impact lies in potential savings by Medicare and other insurance providers who typically bear the financial burden of medical malpractice costs. It is expected that this new technology will provide low-cost access to high fidelity simulation and education to nursing education institutions across the US.This I-Corps project is based on the development of medical simulation to enhance nursing education using augmented reality (AR). The proposed approach will use AI-driven AR scenarios, combined with novel haptic feedback devices, to provide a high-fidelity simulation experience. Artificial Intelligence Driven AR includes the use of conversational holographic patients and process-aware scenarios through which to guide trainees. The haptic feedback devices include new wearable force-feedback modules and thermal feedback modules that allow trainees to feel and interact with virtual objects and, more importantly, holographic patients.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.