Augmented Reality Simulation for Teaching Medical Students

描述（由申请人提供）：大多数医疗程序技能是在医学院和住院医师培训期间学到的。然而，学生学习这些技能的时间和机会正在减少。医学生在与患者直接互动时，临床表现有所改善，但随着医学院班级规模的增加，学生获得实践培训的机会减少。传统的教学方法，如讲座和教科书在教授学生动手临床技能方面效果有限;因此，越来越需要能够重现现实临床场景的教育工具，以更好地吸引和教育医学生。ArchieMD公司计划为医学生开发原型增强现实（AR）人体模型系统，将逼真的医学人体模型和立体视频透视双目眼镜显示器结合起来。在第一阶段，Archie MD将使用这项技术制作原型，并评估旨在培训医学生的增强现实患者模拟器 公共卫生相关性：该项目可能会通过为医学生提供高保真增强现实医疗人体模型的临床培训来影响公共卫生。为医学生提供更多高质量的实践培训将在他们的医生职业生涯中产生更好的临床技能和表现。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The majority of medical procedural skills are learned during medical school and residency training. However, the amount of time and access students have to learn these skills is declining. Medical students have improved clinical performance when they have direct interaction with patients, yet as medical school class sizes increase, students have less access to hands-on training. Traditional teaching methods such as lectures and textbooks have a limited efficacy in teaching students hands-on clinical skills; thus there is an increasing need for educational tools that can recreate realistic clinical scenarios to better engage and educate medical students. ArchieMD, Inc plans to develop prototype augmented reality (AR) mannequin system for medical students, combining a life-like medical mannequin and a stereoscopic video see-through binocular goggle display. In Phase I, Archie MD will use this technology for a prototype and evaluate augmented reality patient simulator designed to train medical students PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This project could potentially impact public health by providing medical students with clinical training on high-fidelity, augmented reality medical mannequins. Providing more high-quality hands-on training to medical students will yield better clinical skills and performance during their careers as doctors.