Immersive VR Platform
—Virtual reality (VR) is transforming healthcare training, empowering professionals to sharpen their skills and boost their confidence. Through vivid, immersive simulations, it recreates complex medical scenarios in a safe, controlled setting. This innovation can lead to greater patient safety and better clinical outcomes.[1]
Medical training is a crucial aspect of healthcare, ensuring that professionals are well-equipped to handle various situations and challenges. As technology evolves, so do methods of training, and virtual reality stands out as a game-changer.
Virtual reality, real impact
—Revolutionize training and transform patient care with Dräger Virtuo, a virtual reality platform that provides healthcare professionals with an immersive environment for training and collaboration.
Realistic virtual environments that accurately simulate real-world medical settings and Dräger devices, allowing users to practice their skills in a realistic context.
Customizable scenarios that allows tailored and flexible training experience.*
Remote training that can be done from anywhere with an internet connection, allowing for remote training and collaboration between healthcare professionals.
Dräger Virtuo: Advancing Clinical Training Through Immersive Virtual Reality
The Dräger Virtuo metaverse offers an immersive experience centered around the award-winning Babyleo module, which received the prestigious 2024 Obsidian Award from AIXR, recognizing Dräger’s innovation in neonatal care technology. Within this virtual environment, healthcare professionals can collaborate in real time; either onsite or remotely; to simulate complex clinical scenarios and engage in interactive training. The platform also provides real-time performance feedback, helping users identify areas for improvement and build clinical confidence. Additionally, Virtuo supports families by reducing stress and anxiety, using VR to gently introduce them to the neonatal care journey, especially in cases of preterm births.
SimLabs: Transforming Virtual Training with Real-World Impact
Our SimLabs app provides Instructors with the flexibility to modify the clinical context that they immerse their learners in, supporting a wide variety of learning objectives. With upcoming innovations such as integrated patient physiological data based on real-world models, learners experience truly responsive patient-device interactions and waveforms, all while practicing critical decision-making skills.
How VR training is redefining medical education
Studies have shown that virtual reality training can improve knowledge retention and enhance skills development, leading to improved clinical outcomes and reduced medical errors. In addition, the use of virtual reality training can be more cost-effective than traditional training methods, as it eliminates the need for physical equipment and can be accessed remotely.
Virtual reality training has also been shown to be effective in reducing medical errors and improving patient outcomes. One study conducted by an Australian University found that VR training resulted in significant reduction in error rate across the set of subtasks and a reduced incidence of human error across the whole task by 40% in the ABG collection procedure which has an impact on not only the patient’s safety, but the proficiency of the learner[2].
Realistic and immersive training modules
Dräger Virtuo provides realistic and immersive training simulations that closely mimic real-world scenarios and devices. This allows healthcare professionals to gain practical experience in a safe and controlled environment, which can improve their knowledge, skills, and confidence.
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Dräger Virtuo
Discover how we can support you to improve clinical education by enhancing human learning capabilities with Dräger Virtuo, our immersive VR (Virtual Reality) platform.
Dräger Virtuo - Babyleo NICU
Have a look at the Babyleo NICU training app on the Dräger Virtuo VR (Virtual Reality) platform.
Dräger Virtuo - SimLabs
See how SimLabs on Dräger Virtuo enable hands-on clinical training in a virtual environment.
References
—1. PwC. (2020). The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Soft Skills Training in the Enterprise [Study]. https://www.pwc.co.uk/issues/emerging-technologies/metaverse-technologies/study-into-vr-training-effectiveness.html
2. Kennedy, G., Pedram, S., & Sanzone, S. (2023). Improving safety outcomes through medical error reduction via virtual reality-based clinical skills training. Safety Science, 165, 106200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2023.106200