The Role of Virtual Reality in Simulation

Host Jennifer Alderman, PHD, RNC-OB, CNL, CNE, CHSE, Clinical Associate Professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing talks with virtual reality experts VRpatients Nursing Product Supervisor & SME Tracy Chesney, PhD(c), MSN-Ed, CNE, CHSE, CHSOS and Associate Professor at Queen’s University Faculty of Health Sciences School of Nursing Dr. Marian Luctkar-Flude, RN, PhD, CCSNE, FCNEI. They discuss how virtual reality technology can be used as a scalable simulation learning tool to develop clinical decision-making and judgement skills like never before. Computer-based and headset-based virtual reality systems give students the unique opportunity to take a lead role on treating virtual patients in healthcare teaching simulations.