Digital games, including virtual realities, computer simulations, and online play, are valuable tools for fostering patient participation in health-related activities. This is why gaming is the latest tool in the arsenal to improve health outcomes: gaming makes health care fun.
Digital games, including virtual realities, computer simulations, and online play, are valuable tools for fostering patient participation in health-related activities.
"In conclusion, the BID method, an easily taught approach to surgical instruction, was shown to significantly improve the acquisition of surgical skills during a simulation based
skills course. We anticipate this method may provide an ideal framework for time-efficient and effective surgical instruction"
The tool was conceived by a research team from the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at UWE Bristol led by principal lecturer Simon Messer, and developed in collaboration with Avon Somerset and Wiltshire Cancer Services (ASWCs) who commissioned the project as part of the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative.
The idea is that GPs can access GP Sim from their computer at a time that suits to fine tune their diagnostic skills.
"Participation in a comprehensive ex vivo training curriculum for laparoscopic colorectal surgery results in improved technical knowledge and improved performance in the operating room compared with conventional residency training"
"Conclusion: A few areas of debriefing practice where obvious gaps that deserve study were identified, such as comparing debriefing techniques, comparing trained versus untrained debriefers, and comparing the effect of different debriefing venues and times. A model for publication of research data was developed and presented which should help researchers clarify methodology in future work."
Among the key determinants of learning a spinal anaesthetic technique are the acquisition of knowledge and recognition of certain characteristic "sensations" as the procedure is performed. A haptic device with mathematical algorithms is a way of replicating these "sensations", the physical make-up of each individual layer of tissue in a human back.