Healthcare Simulation Software for Medical and Allied Health Education
Data Driven. Patient Centric.
Learners express frustration with current medical and allied health training practices, seeking experiences that are dynamic, innovative, realistic, and customizable to specific procedures and patient scenarios. Virtual Medical Coaching collaborates with educators worldwide to develop a next-generation suite of medical and allied health simulators.
X-Ray Pro VR Suite for Radiography Education
X-Ray Pro VR Suite is a virtual reality simulation platform designed for undergraduate radiography education. It enables learners to practise patient positioning, exposure parameter selection, beam alignment, and image evaluation, and see their analytics immediately before critiquing their work within a simulated X-ray environment, before clinical placement.
Formal evaluations have shown that students trained using X-Ray Pro VR demonstrate measurable improvements in patient positioning, exposure factor selection, and image quality appraisal compared with traditional training approaches.
Learning Goals
Patient Positioning Accuracy
Develop competence in positioning patients for standard and non-standard radiographic projections, with immediate visual feedback on anatomical alignment and positioning errors.
Exposure Parameter Selection
Apply appropriate exposure factors based on anatomy, projection, and patient characteristics, reinforcing principles of image quality and dose optimisation.
Beam Alignment and Centring
Practise accurate beam alignment and centring to anatomical landmarks, improving consistency and reducing repeat imaging.
Image Quality Evaluation
Critically assess radiographic images against accepted clinical criteria, identifying positioning errors, exposure issues, and artefacts.
Error Recognition and Correction
Identify common radiographic errors and understand their causes, enabling learners to correct technique prior to clinical placement.
Preparation for Clinical Placement
Build technical confidence and procedural fluency in a simulated X-ray environment before performing examinations on real patients.
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RadSafe VR Program for Occupational Radiation Safety Education
RadSafe VR Program is a virtual reality simulation platform designed for occupational radiation safety education in clinical environments. It enables healthcare professionals to practise radiation protection strategies, dosimeter placement, shielding use, staff positioning, and procedural decision-making within realistic simulated clinical settings.
Formal evaluations have demonstrated significant improvements in correct dosimeter placement and adherence to radiation safety protocols following training with RadSafe VR. Studies have reported compliance rates increasing from approximately 75 percent pre-training to over 95 percent post-training.
Additional evaluations have shown reductions in occupational radiation dose to sensitive areas, including the eyes and chest, during follow-up periods after training. These outcomes support the use of immersive simulation as an effective method for improving radiation safety behaviours in clinical practice.
Capabilities & Advantages
- Evidence-based Radiation Model: Incorporates scientific research validated with over 15,000 real dose recordings in a Cath Lab, with a maximum difference of 2%.
- Live Dose Readings: Displays real-time radiation dose values in microsieverts (µSv).
- Live Heatmap Visualisations: Displays real-time spatial distribution of patient radiation exposure.
Learning Goals
- Balancing Dose and Image Quality: Emphasises the application of the ALARA principle to minimise radiation exposure while maintaining diagnostic image quality.
- Dose Limitation Techniques: Instructs learners in the use of magnification, collimation, wedge filters, and virtual guidance to limit radiation exposure to non-target tissues.
- Dose Reduction for Challenges: Explores strategies to reduce radiation dose during steep beam angulation and when imaging larger patients.
- Understand High Dose Occurrences: Examines when and why elevated radiation doses occur during clinical procedures.
- Staff Position Awareness: Develops awareness of staff positioning relative to the primary beam and scatter radiation.
- Protective Wear and Shielding: Reinforces appropriate use of personal protective equipment and shielding to reduce occupational radiation exposure.
BirthWise VR: Virtual Reality Simulation for Midwifery Education
BirthWise VR is a virtual reality simulation platform designed for undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery education. It enables learners to practise clinical decision making, communication, and procedural sequencing during childbirth within a realistic and controlled virtual environment.
The platform supports repeated exposure to normal physiological birth and key labour mechanisms that are difficult to observe consistently in clinical placement, allowing learners to develop confidence, spatial understanding, and clinical reasoning prior to real world practice.
Capabilities and Educational Advantages
- Scenario Based Childbirth Simulation
Simulates normal physiological labour and delivery using structured, curriculum aligned scenarios. - Interactive Maternal and Neonatal Responses
Enables learners to observe and respond to maternal, partner, and newborn behaviours in real time. - Real Time Decision Feedback
Provides immediate feedback based on learner actions, supporting reflective learning and skill development. - Visualisation of Labour Mechanics
Allows direct observation of fetal positioning, rotation, and restitution that cannot be seen in real patients. - Curriculum Aligned Sequencing
Supports structured learning pathways aligned with midwifery education programmes. - Safe Practice Environment
Enables skill development without patient risk or clinical time pressure.
Learning Goals
- Clinical Decision Making in Labour and Birth
Develop the ability to make appropriate clinical decisions throughout the stages of labour and delivery. - Recognition of Normal and Abnormal Progress
Identify normal physiological progression and recognise deviations that require escalation. - Understanding of Fetal Mechanics
Build spatial understanding of fetal positioning, rotation, and restitution during birth. - Communication and Team Interaction
Practise effective communication with birthing individuals, partners, and clinical teams. - Preparation for Clinical Placement
Increase learner confidence and readiness prior to supervised clinical practice.
