the hololens is used right throughout our
entire undergraduate and postgraduate
education. It is a holographic image and
mixed reality so the students can see the
image directly in front of them but they
can also see the external environment.
So everything from anatomy where students
can learn about the GI tract right
through to different patient scenarios
where we can bring a condition to life
in the form of a real person that they
can seat in a classroom and walk a full
360 around and observe. So hollow
patients means that we've got a patient
who is experiencing some sort of health
crisis so that could be everything from
domestic violence right through to
stroke or myocardial infarction. We place
that person in the room and students see
the room just as it is and then they can
walk around that patient and their watch
a 15 second loop of a different scenario
assess, stop, ask questions and then we
exacerbate that condition. The holo-human
is anatomy so that's the chance
for a student to look at everything from
a skeleton right through to the
different parts of the human system so
the GI tract the genitourinary tract all
of those different things. I think it has
improved the way that I learn it's
definitely given me as a visual learner
more to grasp onto more to be able to
see and to interact with and I think it
has enhanced my learning. The visuals
are really good they're easier to use
and maneuver around in the room and very
realistic looking too. They're really
excited and they're really positive
about what they've seen. So they always
get a little bit of a shock when they
put it on and actually see a real-life
person or the different structures
within the body and so they're really
excited to get them out and use them and
ask for it more and more.
Because we have hololens it really has
enhanced the students clinical thinking
because they can see a realistic image
they can see a deterioration and then we
can really really transfer that
knowledge from a book theory to practice
in a safe and clinical environment and
improve the outcomes for our students as
a result. I'd love to see more more
things like this more augmented reality
more bringing the clinical
environment closer to us as students
that we can learn things that are closer
to what we'd be experiencing out in the
real world . I think technology
internationally is changing and to keep
up with what is happening
internationally and to promote SIT. It
was a really good investment and the
students really really enjoy it. It's
really revolutionized the nursing
education that we can currently do
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