Virtual Simulation in Medical Education

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In this episode our guest, Rachel Umoren, MBBCh, MS, joins Kate Mulligan, PhD to discuss Virtual Simulation in Medical Education.

General Resources:

• Virtual Simulation in Medical Education Transcript
• Simulation and Game-Based Learning for the Health Professions by Rachel Umoren
• Healthcare Simulation Dictionary
• Society for Simulation in Healthcare

Virtual prenatal counseling simulator

• JMIR Medical Education - Increasing Realism and Variety of Virtual Patient Dialogues for Prenatal Counseling Education Through a Novel Application of ChatGPT: Exploratory Observational Study
• JMIR Serious Games - Virtual Antenatal Encounter and Standardized Simulation Assessment (VANESSA): Pilot Study

Virtual simulations on newborn resuscitation and care

• Virtual Essential Newborn Care (2023, updated version)
  • https://sites.uw.edu/virtualenc/
• Virtual simulations for neonatal education - PubMed (nih.gov)

Electronic Helping Babies Breathe (2019)

• Doctor Creates Virtual Reality Simulation to Save Babies’ Lives - On the Pulse (seattlechildrens.org)
• eHBB: a randomised controlled trial of virtual reality or video for neonatal resuscitation refresher training in healthcare workers in resource-scarce settings | BMJ Open
• Using Mobile Virtual Reality Simulation to Prepare for In-Person Helping Babies Breathe Training: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial (the eHBB/mHBS Trial) - PMC (nih.gov)

Virtual disaster evacuation simulator

• Evacuation of Vulnerable and Critical Patients: Multimodal Simulation for Nurse-Led Patient Evacuation. - Abstract - Europe PMC
• EVAC: Evacuation of Vulnerable and Critical Pediatric Patients for Nurses - PubMed (nih.gov)
• EVAC Washington.edu

Virtual team training simulations