Thailand-based Mahidol University adopts virtual reality for medical education - BSA bureau

Japanese startup Jolly Good Inc., in collaboration with Juntendo University, volition commence a objection task for the instauration of aesculapian acquisition with virtual world (VR) for the intent of processing aesculapian quality resources done the usage of VR astatine Royal Mahidol University and throughout Thailand. This is the archetypal clip that Japanese aesculapian VR has been officially introduced into an overseas university.

In this project, Jolly Good volition supply Mahidol University with VR teaching worldly accumulation facilities and VR acquisition instrumentality to make an situation that enables the self-production of VR teaching materials for infectious illness attraction acquisition astatine the university.

The exertion volition beryllium introduced successful 4 departments: the Faculty of Tropical Medicine astatine Mahidol University, the School of Nursing and the Faculty of Medicine astatine Ramathibodi Hospital, and the Educational Simulation Center astatine Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute. The VR acquisition materials volition beryllium utilized successful objection classes astatine Mahidol University to verify their effectiveness, aft which they volition beryllium utilized to behaviour aesculapian acquisition utilizing VR astatine determination hospitals in Thailand.

In the archetypal year, the aesculapian VR programme volition beryllium completed astatine Mahidol University. In consequent years, the task volition purpose to heighten their cognition and acquisition astatine an aboriginal signifier and amended the prime of aesculapian attraction including dealing with wellness crises successful assemblage medicine, thereby providing acquisition utilizing VR to the aesculapian students, residents, and physicians progressive successful assemblage medicine on the Thai border.