This post was updated Jan. 16 at 1:25 a.m. UCLA Health’s Rosenfeld Hall is using novel technology – from virtual reality devices to human-like animatronics – to improve teaching for medical students.

Limited access to adequate cancer surgery training is one of the driving forces behind global inequities in surgical cancer care. Affordable virtual reality (VR) surgical training could enhance ...

I’m the attending physician in a pediatric trauma room, and my patient, a girl who looks to be about 12, is going into anaphylactic shock. “Do something,” her mother screams. I check the girl’s ...

Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is using Smileyscope’s virtual reality tools to put patients at ease during needle-based procedures. One of the most popular VR experiences is an underwater ...

Virtual reality is redefining what is possible in the healthcare industry. Patients are already benefiting from advanced and more precise surgeries, simulations for mental illness treatments and many ...

Patients have been trialling headsets which allows them to virtually escape hospital walls and enjoy a local day out. The Places to Escape project in Gloucestershire has been immersing patients at the ...

Recently developed vrClinicals for Nursing training platform ramps up the 'day-to-day unpredictability of nursing.' New immersive virtual reality (VR) technology is transporting Herzing University ...

Plans and fundraising are under way for a simulation lab at Riverside Regional Medical Center that would help recruit and retain doctors, nurses and clinical staff with the latest in training ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) - The first fully immersive virtual reality simulation center in Texas is now open in Fort Worth, giving healthcare students at the University of North Texas Health ...

Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital employees, who have to be ready for a variety of medical events they may encounter, may now prepare in a setting featuring the latest educational methods and ...