In order to give its nurses practical training outside of clinics, SSM Health is bringing Virtual Reality technology to Southern Illinois.
Before entering clinical settings, this technology offers nurses the option to gather what appears to be real-world experience.
According to Beth Moore, the St. Louis program’s founder, virtual reality training is supposed to complement and support in-person instruction rather than to replace it. “VR offers the possibility of working remotely and allowing multiple students from various locations to participate in the same simulation.”
Students studying medicine can collaborate alone or in groups thanks to virtual reality technologies. It puts the students in situations where their responses and interactions have an impact on the patient’s outcomes.
The innovative technology will shortly be implemented by SSM Health’s Clinical Education Department.
Judy Polczynski, Manager of Clinical Education for SSM Health Illinois, explained that this simulation/teaching method was first given to the Education team during a training day. One advantage of this simulation technique is that we can run our own simulations or work with another region to perform a simulation together.
On its website and Facebook page, SSM Health will broadcast information regarding the introduction of the technology in Southern Illinois.
