OssoVR Lets Surgical Training Continue Virtually Despite COVID Limitations (MedGadget)
Over the past few months, medical student and resident training has been severely limited due to Covid-19. However, knowledge, coordination, dexterity, and experience may not have to suffer because of quarantine and social distancing restrictions. OssoVR, a leading virtual reality surgical training and assessment platform, has been able to expand its curriculum to encompass multiple resident specialties. In an up and coming research article accepted by an orthopedics journal, a study performed by OssoVR will show about a 300% improvement in ability of participants to complete a surgical procedure without any supervision.
OssoVR has recently partnered with Johnson & Johnson, and as of April, has begun distributing Oculus Quest headsets to doctors-in-training and surgeons in the United States. The VR company hopes to obtain excellent training performance in surgeons that use its platform that will help propel its virtual technology forward, and the goal is to expand this program worldwide over time.
We spoke to Dr. Justin Barad, CEO and Co-Founder of OssoVR, and one time Medga...
