Healthcare Training Application: 3D First Aid Virtual Reality

Abstract

Medical simulations in virtual reality (VR) offer a personalized learning environment that can be structured and adapted to various modes of learning in ways that conventional teaching can not offer. There is an increasing interest in using VR for training and learning. The use of VR in medical training, without requiring a real human being, will promote an effective medical learning process. The software helps learners to adapt to various types of learning in ways that are not suitable in conventional teaching. This paper presents VR and its important usages in education and healthcare and the development of our prototype 3D First Aid VR. Two teaching modules are presented in this prototype: a tutorial which explains the cause and symptoms of a seizure, and training which is used to train first aid in a 3D environment. The two modules were presented in the form of a 3D model kitchen, with a character having a seizure in the immersive environment, and viewed with Oculus Quest. This paper will be useful for researchers and developers in the field of VR.