title: Pulse!!: a model for research and development of virtual-reality learning in military medical education and training.
abstract: Pulse!! The Virtual Clinical Learning Lab at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, in collaboration with the United States Navy, has developed a model for research and technological development that they believe is an essential element in the future of military and civilian medical education. The Pulse!! project models a strategy for providing cross-disciplinary expertise and resources to educational, governmental, and business entities challenged with meeting looming health care crises. It includes a three-dimensional virtual learning platform that provides unlimited, repeatable, immersive clinical experiences without risk to patients, and is available anywhere there is a computer. Pulse!! utilizes expertise in the fields of medicine, medical education, computer science, software engineering, physics, computer animation, art, and architecture. Lab scientists collaborate with the commercial virtual-reality simulation industry to produce research-based learning platforms based on cutting-edge computer technology.
authors: National Naval Medical Center, 8901 Rockville Pike 2890, Department of General Surgery, Bethesda, MD 20889, USA.
authors: James R
authors: JR
authors: Dunne
authors: Claudia L
authors: CL
authors: McDonald
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000193:education*; D017145:Models, Educational; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D014584:User-Computer Interface