Objective An important role is predicted for virtual reality (VR) in the future of medical
education. We performed a systematic review of the literature with a narrative synthesis, to …

Abstract Objective Virtual (VR), augmented (AR), mixed reality (MR) and haptic interfaces
make additional avenues available for surgeon assessment, guidance and training. We …

Objective The virtual airway skills trainer (VAST) is a virtual reality simulator for training in
cricothyroidotomy (CCT). The goal of the study is to test the effectiveness of training and …

Introduction Combat medics are required to perform highly technical medical procedures in
austere environments with minimal error. Effective means to quantify medic performance in …

Background Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is a minimally invasive endoscopic
weight loss procedure used to treat obesity. The long-term goal of this project is to develop a …

This article presents a 3-D medical simulation that employs reinforcement learning (RL) and
interactive RL (IRL) to teach and assess the procedure of donning and doffing personal …

Emergency cricothyroidotomy is a life-saving but infrequently performed procedure for
emergency airway difficulty. This is performed as the final “rescue” step, after all non …

The tracheostomy (TT) is currently the only recommended treatment for surgical airway
access in small animals. In human medicine, the surgical tube cricothyrotomy (CTT) is the …