{"id":8861,"date":"2020-10-26T02:09:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T02:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=8861"},"modified":"2020-10-26T02:09:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T02:09:27","slug":"tafe-nsw-develops-virtual-reality-health-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/10\/26\/tafe-nsw-develops-virtual-reality-health-training\/","title":{"rendered":"TAFE NSW DEVELOPS VIRTUAL REALITY HEALTH TRAINING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government today announced TAFE NSW has partnered with key health industry players to deliver a virtual reality point-of-care blood testing pilot.<br \/>\nTAFE NSW joined with NSW Health Pathology, CognitiveVR, and global leader in\u00a0<em>in vitro<\/em>\u00a0diagnostic solutions, Werfen, to develop the innovative training solution.<br \/>\nHealthcare workers will use a virtual reality (VR) headset to perform hands-on blood testing and equipment maintenance in a safe, virtual environment.<br \/>\nMinister for Skills and Tertiary Education Geoff Lee said the NSW Government is setting a new standard of excellence in the use of emerging technologies in training.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m pleased to announce TAFE NSW has teamed up with Werfen, NSW Health Pathology and CognitiveVR to develop a world-first training simulation to expand and increase acute care PoCT capability,\u201d Mr Lee said.<br \/>\n\u201cImportantly, the PoCT VR pilot aims to provide medical professionals with greater access to practical training and ensure workers have the critical diagnostic testing skills they need to provide the right care for our citizens during this challenging time.<br \/>\n\u201cThis demonstrates how TAFE NSW is working with industry leaders to develop high-tech, immersive training solutions to address real-world challenges.\u201d<br \/>\nMinister for Health and Medical Research Brad Hazzard said it would overcome limitations such as travel time, social distancing or the availability of blood testing devices.<br \/>\n\u201cThe simulation aims to provide healthcare professionals across the state, including in regional and remote areas, with greater access to hands-on training scenarios, ultimately increasing the quality of care while also reducing time away from clinical care.\u201d<br \/>\nGeneral Manager of Werfen Australia and New Zealand Sally Hickman said the immersive technology pilot aims to determine if VR training methodology can deliver a user experience that is equal to, or better than, face-to-face on-site training.<br \/>\n\u201cDesigned specifically for the Werfen GEM Premier 5000 whole blood testing system, the VR solution seeks to provide a more tactile approach to training to improve muscle memory and reinforce processes,\u201d Ms Hickman said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government today announced TAFE NSW has partnered with key health industry players to deliver a virtual reality point-of-care blood testing pilot. TAFE NSW joined with NSW Health Pathology, CognitiveVR, and global leader in\u00a0in vitro\u00a0diagnostic solutions, Werfen, to develop the innovative training solution. Healthcare workers will use a virtual reality (VR) headset to perform &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/10\/26\/tafe-nsw-develops-virtual-reality-health-training\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;TAFE NSW DEVELOPS VIRTUAL REALITY HEALTH TRAINING&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}