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Gregory J. Gerling, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Systems and Information Engineering
gregory-gerling
virginia edu
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| Simulation Framework for
Training Chest Tube Insertation Using Virtual Reality and Force
Feedback |
Goals: To train the cognitive and
motor tasks that underlie the chest tube insertation procedure to
medical and nursing students. This emergency procedure is
required under conditions of pneumothorax (air leak from lung into
chest), hemothorax (bleeding into chest) and empyema (pus in the
chest).
Projects
currently underway include:
- developing the first virtual simulator
for training test tube insertation
- utilizing force feedback robotic devices
(SensAble, OOMNI) and programming graphic and haptic interactions
- designing a pre-simulation test, vitals
monitor, virtual operating room for hands-on interaction status aids,
and post-performance report
- focusing on teaching cognitive tasks
- creating a reconfigurable virtual
environment that builds upon learning concepts (the grouping and
presentation of cognitive tasks in blocks; navigation and status aids)
to help trainees more readily learn the examination's numerous steps
- breaking down the 18 procedural steps
into 6 major tasks within simulation
Undergraduate
Students: Senior Capstone Team
Collaborators:
Dr. Marcus Martin (Medicine, UVa) and Prof. Reba Moyer
Childress (Nursing, UVa)
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