Cambridge University has pioneered a technology to train future doctors with life-like scenarios.
Medical students undergoing training at Addenbrooke’s Hospital are using a new mixed-reality training system to learn to treat holographic patients in a new world-first.
The technology, called HoloScenarios, can be used in person with a group of classmates or online, with students able to assess the scenarios using their phones from anywhere around the world. According to the university, it is more cost-effective than traditional simulation, which requires the hiring of patient actors.
Using virtual reality headsets, the students are able to interact with classmates and treat realistic-looking, virtual people with no fear of making a mistake.
Mixed reality holographic patients being used by medical students at Addenbrooke...