Community Simulation Utilising Mixed Reality (MR)

Launched by TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · Apr 23, 2020

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ClinConnect Summary

The scope of this project is to identify if mixed reality (MR) can support simulating the complexities of differing community environments compared to traditional physical structure simulated environments. Concurrent with this, the aim is to establish if mixed reality can produce a safe learning and reflective environment for community staff to develop their skills. This could potentially improve patient outcome and support healthcare teams to deliver safe effective care. Simulation is a technique for practice and learning to replace and amplify real experiences with guided ones, and are of...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Participants need to be full or part time healthcare staff that work within the community setting, patients own homes.
• • These participants can be registered or non-registered staff but needs to be clinical members of staff
• • Staff will be from various professions, including nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, assistant practitioners and support workers. Relying on volunteers, the study is unlikely to have an even representation of all professions, especially bearing in mind numbers of staff within each profession (proportionately more healthcare support workers than specialist therapist).
• • Participants need to be employed, whether full time/part time or on the bank by Torbay and South Devon to be able to participate in this study.
• • As this is only for staff employed by the local trust, this will mean no one under the age of 18 will be included in this study and those staff who are over the age of 80 will also be excluded, as the Trust doesn't employ clinical healthcare professions outside of these age limits.
• • Only healthcare professionals who have given implied consent will be included.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Any individuals who do not work with patients or services users within a community setting (patient's own homes or residential/nursing homes). This will mean non-clinical staff members will be excluded.
• • Participants under the age of 18 and above 80 years old.
• • Participants who are unable to provide informed consent.
• • Participants who have one of the following health conditions will be excluded: Conjunctivitis, Pregnant (5 months+), Corneal Ulcers, Ear infections/ear disease, Corneal Infections, Influenza, "Dry Eye", Head Cold, Iritis, Respiratory Ailments, Cataracts or Glaucoma, Cochlear Implants or other Inner Ear/Vestibular-Related Conditions (e.g.Labyrinthitis). Also anyone that is under the influence of alcohol or drugs on the simulation day. This is due to the unknown research of MR with participants who have medical conditions that could be affected.