Search for dissertations about: "Virtual Patient Simulation systems"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Virtual Patient Simulation systems.

2. 1. Virtual patient simulation : implementation and use in assessment

   Author : Mihaela Botezatu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : medical education;

   Abstract : Virtual Patient Simulation systems (VPS) are educational tools now considered to have entered the mainstream of medical education. VPS support not only undergraduate learning - where they are used mostly for learning and training clinical reasoning -, but for continuing medical education and patient orientation as well. READ MORE

4. 2. Haptics with Applications to Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery Planning

   Author : Pontus Olsson; Ingrid B. Carlbom; Blake Hannaford; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; medical image processing; haptics; haptic rendering; haptic gripper; visuo-haptic co-location; vibrotactile feedback; surgery simulation; virtual surgery planning; cranio-maxillofacial surgery; Computerized Image Processing; Datoriserad bildbehandling;

   Abstract : Virtual surgery planning systems have demonstrated great potential to help surgeons achieve a better functional and aesthetic outcome for the patient, and at the same time reduce time in the operating room resulting in considerable cost savings. However, the two-dimensional tools employed in these systems today, such as a mouse and a conventional graphical display, are difficult to use for interaction with three-dimensional anatomical images. READ MORE

5. 3. The role of simulation technology for skills acquisition in image guided surgery

   Author : Gunnar Ahlberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Endoscopy; Laparoscopy; Virtual reality; Simulation; Proficiency-based training; Image guided surgery; Surgical education; Objective assessment.;

   Abstract : Technical proficiency is an essential ingredient in surgical competence, which has hitherto been poorly evaluated. The introduction of disruptive technology into the Operating Room (OR) with respect to operative procedures requires an equally disruptive paradigm shift in surgical training that matches the development in OR technology. READ MORE

6. 4. Computational fluid dynamics application in indoor air quality and health

   Author : Parastoo Sadeghian; Sasan Sadrizadeh; Sture Holmberg; Ann Tammelin; Olof Sköldenberg; Catherine Noakes; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Ventilation systems; Indoor air quality IAQ ; Bacteria-carrying particles BCP ; Infectious respiratory disease; Operating room OR ; Thermal comfort; Computational fluid dynamics CFD ; ventilationssystem; bakteriebärande partiklar; infektionssjukdomar i luftvägarna; operationsrum; termisk komfort; numerisk strömningsmekanik; Strömnings- och klimatteori; Fluid and Climate Theory;

   Abstract : Indoor air quality directly affects the comfort, performance, and well-being of occupants. Indoor pollution can cause immediate or long-term health effects and has been responsible for 4.1% of global deaths in recent decades. READ MORE

7. 5. Computer simulations of the clinical encounter : perceptions and emotional aspects

   Author : Olivier Courteille; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Virtual patients; medical simulation; computer mediated communication; problembased learning; affective learning; experiential learning.;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to examine the issues surrounding affective learning, perceived effectiveness, student motivation and engagement in computer simulations of patient encounters. Offering a high degree of realism, authenticity and interactivity, the Interactive Simulation of Patients (ISP) system, a Virtual Patient (VP) environment, was found to be a good technological candidate for conducting this research. READ MORE