title: Enhancing medical communication training using motion capture, perspective taking and virtual reality.
abstract: The aim of this work is to increase the effectiveness of real world medical training simulations by helping trainees gain a better understanding of the importance of communication and teamwork. Therefore we develop an online application which can be used together with real world simulations to improve training. To produce the online application we reconstructed two real world scenarios (one with students and one with practitioners) in an immersive virtual environment. Our application enables the trainees to view the scenario from different perspectives or to freely explore the environment. We aim to integrate it into the medical student curriculum at the University of Tübingen.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. ivelina.alexandrova@tuebingen.mpg.de
authors.forename: Ivelina V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Alexandrova
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rall
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Breidt
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tullius
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kloos
authors.forename: Heinrich H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Bülthoff
authors.forename: Betty J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Mohler
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D009038:Motion; D009873:Operating Rooms; D010348:Patient Care Team; D014584:User-Computer Interface