ArticleJMIR formative research2022
Using Mixed Reality Headsets to Deliver Remote Bedside Teaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Feasibility Trial of HoloLens 2.
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- Microsoft HoloLens 2 in Medical and Healthcare Context: State of the Art and Future Prospects.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Pooled it
- The Role of Augmented Reality in Advancing Medical Training Techniques: A Pilot RCT Study on Cricothyroidotomy.Yonsei medical journal · 2026Trial
- Delivering remote procedural training on peripheral intravenous cannulation to medical students using the Microsoft Hololens 2: a mixed-methods evaluation.BMC medical education · 2026Trial
- Use of virtual reality compared to the role-playing methodology in basic life support training: a two-arm pilot community-based randomised trial.BMC medical education · 2023Trial
- A review of head-mounted devices for surgical education, preoperative planning and intraoperative navigation.Updates in surgery · 2026Review
- E-learning Challenges among Healthcare Students: A Scoping Review.Journal of advances in medical education & professionalism · 2026Review
- Holo-Stroke-ii: Stroke care through stroke hologram teleportation- inpatient immersion.Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of extended reality technologies in cardiopulmonary resuscitation training: a bayesian network meta-analysis.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Article
- (Holo-Stroke-CTA): Stroke Hologram Teleportation for CTA Large Vessel Occlusion Assessments.Stroke (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Article
- From Crisis to Opportunity: Reinventing Medical Education After COVID-19.Perspectives on medical education · 2025Article
- Holo-Stroke: Assessing for Immersive Stroke Care Through Stroke Hologram Teleportation.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2024Article
- Blending space and time to talk about cancer in extended reality.NPJ digital medicine · 2024Review
- Review
- The feasibility and usability of mixed reality teaching in a hospital setting based on self-reported perceptions of medical students.BMC medical education · 2024Observational
- Perceptions About Augmented Reality in Remote Medical Care: Interview Study of Emergency Telemedicine Providers.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Towards Wearable Augmented Reality in Healthcare: A Comparative Survey and Analysis of Head-Mounted Displays.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Realizing consumers' existential dreams via product marketing and mixed reality: a perspective based on affective neuroscience theories.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- HoloLensTherapeutic advances in urologyReview
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundCOVID-19 has had a catastrophic impact in terms of human lives lost. Medical education has also been impacted as appropriately stringent infection control policies precluded medical trainees from attending clinical teaching. Lecture-based education has been easily transferred to a digital platform, but bedside teaching has not.
objectiveThis study aims to assess the feasibility of using a mixed reality (MR) headset to deliver remote bedside teaching.
methodsTwo MR sessions were led by senior doctors wearing the HoloLens headset. The trainers selected patients requiring their specialist input. The headset allowed bidirectional audiovisual communication between the trainer and trainee doctors. Trainee doctor conceptions of bedside teaching, impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on bedside teaching, and the MR sessions were evaluated using pre- and postround questionnaires, using Likert scales. Data related to clinician exposure to at-risk patients and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) were collected.
resultsPrequestionnaire respondents (n=24) strongly agreed that bedside teaching is key to educating clinicians (median 7, IQR 6-7). Postsession questionnaires showed that, overall, users subjectively agreed the MR session was helpful to their learning (median 6, IQR 5.25-7) and that it was worthwhile (median 6, IQR 5.25-7). Mixed reality versus in-person teaching led to a 79.5% reduction in cumulative clinician exposure time and 83.3% reduction in PPE use.
conclusionsThis study is proof of principle that HoloLens can be used effectively to deliver clinical bedside teaching. This novel format confers significant advantages in terms of minimizing exposure of trainees to COVID-19, reducing PPE use, enabling larger attendance, and delivering convenient and accessible real-time clinical training.
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