A crossover between the worlds of gaming and medicine has the potential to cut training time in operating rooms by half and dramatically change the way surgical teams operate in the future, according to the head of neurosurgery in Nova Scotia.
Dr. David Clarke, who works with Dalhousie University and the Nova Scotia Health Authority, is leading the charge to make virtual reality a regular aspect of the job for hospital staff.
“At some point in the not-too-distant future, a patient will legitimately ask, ‘Why are you teaching that in the operating room on me as a patient? You should be teaching that in a simulated environment.'”
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