This post was updated Jan. 16 at 1:25 a.m. UCLA Health’s Rosenfeld Hall is using novel technology – from virtual reality devices to human-like animatronics – to improve teaching for medical students.

Limited access to adequate cancer surgery training is one of the driving forces behind global inequities in surgical cancer care. Affordable virtual reality (VR) surgical training could enhance ...

I’m the attending physician in a pediatric trauma room, and my patient, a girl who looks to be about 12, is going into anaphylactic shock. “Do something,” her mother screams. I check the girl’s ...

Virtual reality is starting to pay off in the medical field, as one major VR pilot test is being expanded to train more doctors. In 2016, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) partnered with Facebook ...

Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is using Smileyscope’s virtual reality tools to put patients at ease during needle-based procedures. One of the most popular VR experiences is an underwater ...

Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital employees, who have to be ready for a variety of medical events they may encounter, may now prepare in a setting featuring the latest educational methods and ...

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bringing together two of the most exciting technologies driving the education and healthcare industries forward, Wolters Kluwer Health today announced the addition of ...

When Dr. Eric Bing started working at Dallas’ Southern Methodist University (SMU), the person in the office next to his would give him a new perspective on how virtual reality can be instrumental in ...

Recently developed vrClinicals for Nursing training platform ramps up the 'day-to-day unpredictability of nursing.' New immersive virtual reality (VR) technology is transporting Herzing University ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — At first glance, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Center for Simulation Innovation looks and sounds like a hospital. It's designed to give the nursing students a feel ...

Minneapolis-based M Health Fairview completed a pilot program for a newly developed immersive virtual reality capability in its nurse residency program. 1. The program was a collaboration between the ...