Osso VR Surgical Training Makes Push Into Med School (Forbes)
Osso VR, a virtual reality surgical training platform, announced on June 15, 2018 partnerships with top U.S. medical residency programs to provide hands-on training opportunities for new surgeons using VR. The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s orthopedic residency program brings to eight the number of programs deploying the Osso VR training solution. This expansion into surgical residency programs comes on the heels of the company’s success in working with medical device companies looking to improve training, encourage safe use, and increase adoption. Other orthopedic residency programs using Osso VR include Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Columbia University, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Harvard Medical School and Hospital for Special Surgery.
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The leg is virtual, the tools are real in Osso VR's orthopedic surgery simulations for medical residents.
One of the chief obstacles to adoption of VR training has been the structure of the healthcare industry. Surgeons don't feel they need training, and even if they did, who would pay for their time? The hospital? An insurance company? The g...
