Developing Virtual Reality Trauma Training Experiences Using 360-Degree Video: Tutorial

Devika Patel; Jessica Hawkins; Lara Zena Chehab; Patrick Martin-Tuite; Joshua Feler; Amy Tan; Benjamin S Alpers; Sophia Pink; Jerome Wang; Jonathan Freise; Phillip Kim; Christopher Peabody; John Bowditch; Eric R Williams; Amanda Sammann

doi:10.2196/22420

Developing Virtual Reality Trauma Training Experiences Using 360-Degree Video: Tutorial

J Med Internet Res. 2020 Dec 16;22(12):e22420. doi: 10.2196/22420.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
² School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
³ School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.
⁵ School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States.
⁶ School of Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
⁷ School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States.
⁸ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
⁹ J. Warren McClure School of Emerging Communication Technologies, Scripps College of Communication, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States.

PMID: 33325836
PMCID: PMC7773512
DOI: 10.2196/22420

Abstract

Historically, medical trainees were educated in the hospital on real patients. Over the last decade, there has been a shift to practicing skills through simulations with mannequins or patient actors. Virtual reality (VR), and in particular, the use of 360-degree video and audio (cineVR), is the next-generation advancement in medical simulation that has novel applications to augment clinical skill practice, empathy building, and team training. In this paper, we describe methods to design and develop a cineVR medical education curriculum for trauma care training using real patient care scenarios at an urban, safety-net hospital and Level 1 trauma center. The purpose of this publication is to detail the process of finding a cineVR production partner; choosing the camera perspectives; maintaining patient, provider, and staff privacy; ensuring data security; executing the cineVR production process; and building the curriculum.

Keywords: 360-degree video; cineVR; medical education; trauma training; virtual reality.

©Devika Patel, Jessica Hawkins, Lara Zena Chehab, Patrick Martin-Tuite, Joshua Feler, Amy Tan, Benjamin S Alpers, Sophia Pink, Jerome Wang, Jonathan Freise, Phillip Kim, Christopher Peabody, John Bowditch, Eric R Williams, Amanda Sammann. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 16.12.2020.