Abstract
This chapter discusses the intersection of Augmented reality (AR) and the education of medical students, physicians, surgeons, and patients. For medical students tasked with absorbing a large body of medical knowledge in a short period of time, AR technology can help them learn anatomy, view interactions with patients from new perspectives, and observe novel procedures alongside their mentors. Physicians and surgeons can continue using the AR technology that helped them through medical school as well, particularly for laparoscopic procedures, neurosurgery, and cardiology. Augmented reality technology has also been utilized to guide patients through treatments when they lack access to medical professionals, inform patients on medical procedures, and allow patients to educate themselves about their conditions. As AR is still in its infancy, this chapter will explore AR’s current capabilities as well as potential future applications in medical training and education with respect to both health practitioners and patients.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
Notes
- 1.
For more information about “Gunner Goggles,” please visit: https://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/gunnergoggles.
- 2.
For more information about “Microsoft Hololens,” please visit: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens.
- 3.
For more information about “Google Glass,” please visit: https://www.google.com/glass/start/.
References
Aaskov J, Kawchuk GN, Hamaluik KD, Boulanger P, Hartvigsen J (2019) X-ray vision: the accuracy and repeatability of a technology that allows clinicians to see spinal X-rays superimposed on a person’s back. PeerJ 7:e6333. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6333
Albrecht U, Folta-Schoofs K, Behrends M et al (2013) Effects of mobile augmented reality learning compared to textbook learning on medical students: randomized controlled pilot study. J Med Internet Res. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.2497
Alder Play. https://www.ustwo.com/work/alder-play. Accessed 15 Oct 2018
Alexander A (2019) Android users vs. iPhone users—The demographics. https://ansonalex.com/infographics/android-users-vs-iphone-users-the-demographics/#infographic. Accessed 31 Oct 2019
Baker D, Fryberger C, Ponce B (2015) The emergence of augmented reality in orthopaedic surgery and education. Orthopaedic J Harvard Med School 16:8–16
Barsom EZ, Graafland M, Schijven MP (2016) Systematic review on the effectiveness of augmented reality applications in medical training. Surg Endosc 30:4174–4183. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-016-4800-6
Bifulco P, Narducci F, Vertucci R et al (2014) Telemedicine supported by augmented reality: an interactive guide for untrained people in performing an ECG test. Biomed Eng Online 13(1):153
Birt J, Stromberga Z, Cowling M et al (2018) Mobile mixed reality for experiential learning and simulation in medical and health sciences education. Australas J Educ Technol. https://doi.org/10.3390/info9020031
Blendon R, Benson J, Hero J (2014). Public Trust in Physicians — U.S. Medicine in International Perspective. N Engl J Med 371(17):1570–1572. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmp1407373
Bork F, Stratmann L, Enssle S et al (2019) The Benefits of an Augmented Reality Magic Mirror System for Integrated Radiology Teaching in Gross Anatomy. Anat Sci Educ 12(6):585–598. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.1864
Chaballout B, Molloy M, Vaughn J et al (2016) Feasibility of Augmented Reality in Clinical Simulations: Using Google Glass with Manikins. J Med Internet Res. https://doi.org/10.2196/mededu.5159
CHARIOT Program (2018). https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/innovation/chariot. Accessed 17 October 2019.
Chinthammit W, Merritt T, Pedersen S et al (2014) Ghostman: Augmented Reality Application for Telerehabilitation and Remote Instruction of a Novel Motor Skill. BioMed Res Int 2014:1–7. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/646347
Colby S, Ortman J (2014) Projections of the size and composition of the U.S. Population: 2014 to 2060. Accessed 15 Oct 2018
Cosentino F, John N, Vaarkamp J (2017) RAD-AR: RADiotherapy - Augmented Reality. An augmented reality tool for radiotherapy implemented on consumer electronics devices. https://doi.org/10.1109/CW.2017.56
Courtney K, Kuo A, Shabestari O (eds) (2015) Driving Quality in Informatics: Fulfilling the Promise. IOS Press, Amsterdam
Dalgarno B, Lee M (2010) What are the learning affordances of 3-D Virtual environments? Br J Educ Technol 40(6):10–32. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2009.01038.x
Debczak M (2017). This Augmented-Reality App Makes the Hospital Experience Less Scary for Kids. https://mentalfloss.com/article/521854/augmented-reality-app-makes-hospital-experience-less-scary-kids. Accessed 15 October 2019
Densen P (2011) Challenges and opportunities facing medical education. Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc 122:48–58
DeTrempe K (2017). Virtual reality alleviates pain, anxiety for pediatric patients. https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2017/09/virtual-reality-alleviates-pain-anxiety-for-pediatric-patients.html. Accessed 17 October 2019
Douthit N, Kiv S, Dwolatzky T et al (2015) Exposing some important barriers to health care access in the rural USA. Public Health 129(6):611–620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2015.04.001
Ebner F, De Gregorio A, Schochter F et al (2019) Effect of an Augmented Reality Ultrasound Trainer App on the Motor Skills Needed for a Kidney Ultrasound: Prospective Trial. J Med Internet Res. https://doi.org/10.2196/12713
Eighth Broadband Progress Report. https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/broadband-progress-reports/eighth-broadband-progress-report Accessed 20 Oct 2019
EyeDecide App. https://sciencenetlinks.com/tools/eyedecide-app/. Accessed 22 Oct 2019
Graafland M, Schraagen J, Boermeester M et al (2014) Training situational awareness to reduce surgical errors in the operating room. BJS Society Ltd 102:16–23. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.9643
Henssen D, van den Hauvel L, De Jong G et al (2019) Neuroanatomy Learning: Augmented Reality vs. Cross-Sections. Anat Sci Educ https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.1912
Haouchine N, Dequidt J, Peterlik I, Kerrien E, Berger M et al (2013) Image-guided simulation of heterogeneous tissue deformation for augmented reality during hepatic surgery. In: ISMAR—IEEE international symposium on mixed and augmented reality 2013, Oct 2013, Adelaide, Australia
Jimenez D, Shah J, Das P, Milanaik L (2019) Health implications of augmented reality games on children and adolescents. In: Geroimenko V (ed) Augmented reality games I, 1st edn. Springer, Switzerland
Kamphuis C, Barsom E, Schijven M et al (2014) Augmented reality in medical education? Perspect Med Educ 3(4):300–311. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40037-013-0107-7
Khor WS, Baker B, Amin K et al (2016) Augmented and virtual reality in surgery—the digital surgical environment: applications, limitations and legal pitfalls. Ann Transl Med 4(23):454–463. https://doi.org/10.21037/atm.2016.12.23
Kucuk S, Kapakin S, Goktas Y (2016) Learning anatomy via mobile augmented reality: effects on achievement and cognitive load. Anat Sci Educ. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.1603
Kugelmann D, Stratmann L, Nuhlen N et al (2018) An augmented reality magic mirror as additive teaching device for gross anatomy. Ann Anat 215:71–75
Lewis T (2013). Augmented reality and patient education, Eye Decide iPhone medical app review. https://www.imedicalapps.com/2013/07/medical-app-augmented-reality-patient-education/ Accessed 22 Oct 2019
Ma M, Fallavollita P, Seelbach I et al (2015) Personalized augmented reality for anatomy education. Anat Sci Educ. https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.22675
Matthew AK, Maria A, Angelique FA, Mark HW, Dipankar N, Nick S (2014) The use of simulation in neurosurgical education and training. J Neurosurg 121(2):228–246. https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.5.JNS131766
Moro C, Stromberga Z, Raikos A et al (2017) The effectiveness of virtual and augmented reality in health sciences and medical anatomy. Anat Sci Educ. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.1696
Nicolau S, Soler L, Mutter D, Marescaux J (2011) Augmented reality in laparoscopic surgical oncology. 20(3):13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.suronc.2011.07.002
Pelargos P, Nagasawa D, Lagman C et al (2017) Utilizing virtual and augmented reality for educational and clinical enhancements in neurosurgery. J Clin Neurosci. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2016.09.002
Pfandler M, Lazarovici M, Stefan P et al (2017) Virtual reality-based simulators for spine surgery: a systematic review. Spine J 17(9):1352–1363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2017.05.016
Platts D, Humphries J, Burstow D et al (2012) The use of computerised simulators for training of transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography: the future of echocardiographic training? Heart Lung Circ 21(5):267–274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2012.03.012
Ponce B, Brabston E, Zu S et al (2016) Telemedicine with mobile devices and augmented reality for early postoperative care. In: 2016 38th annual international conference of the IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society (EMBC), pp 4411–4414. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2016.7591705
Rochlen L, Levine R, Tait A (2017) First-person point-of-view-augmented reality for central line insertion training: a usability and feasibility study. Simul Healthc 12(1):57–62. https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0000000000000185
Southworth M, Silva J, Silva J (2019) Use of extended realities in cardiology. Trends Cardiovasc Med. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcm.2019.04.005
Talbot H, Haouchine N, Peterlik I, Dequidt J, Duriez C et al (2015) Surgery training, planning and guidance using the SOFA framework. Eurographics, Zurich, Switzerland (2015)
Tinetti M, Naik A, Dodson J (2016) Moving from disease-centered to patient goals-directed care for patients with multiple chronic conditions: patient value-based care. JAMA Cardiol. 1(1):9–10. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2015.0248
Tully J, Dameff C, Kaib S et al (2015) Recording medical students’ encounters with standardized patients using Google Glass: providing end-of-life clinical education. Acad Med 90(3):314–316
Vahdat S, Hamzehgardeshi L, Hessam S et al (2014) Patient involvement in health care decision making: a review. Iran Red Crescent Med J. https://doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.12454
Wagnerman K (2019). Research update: health care in rural and urban America. https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2017/10/20/research-update-health-care-in-rural-and-urban-america/. Accessed 15 Oct 2019
Wake N, Rosenkrantz A, Huang R et al (2019) Patient-specific 3D printed and augmented reality kidney and prostate cancer models: impact on patient education. J 3D Printing Med 5(4):1–8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41205-019-0041-3
Wang J, Suenaga H, Yang L et al (2016) Video see-through augmented reality for oral and maxillofacial surgery. Int J Med Robot. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcs.1754
Weidenbach M, Rázek V, Wild F et al (2009) Simulation of congenital heart defects: a novel way of training in echocardiography. Heart 95(8):636. https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2008.156919
Wucherer P, Bichlmeier C, Eder M et al (2010) Multimodal medical consultation for improved patient education. In Proceedings of Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin (BVM 2010), Aachen, Germany, March 2010.
Zahiri M, Nelson C, Oleynikov D et al (2018) Evaluation of augmented reality feedback in surgical training environment. Surg Educ 25(1):81–87
Zhu E, Hadadgar A, Masiello I et al (2014) Augmented reality in healthcare education: an integrative review. Peer J. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.469
Zucker B, Tekkis P, Kontovounisios C (2018) Is reality limiting patient understanding? A discussion of the implications of augmented reality technology to patient understanding. Surg Innov 25(2):188–189
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Campisi, C.A., Li, E.H., Jimenez, D.E., Milanaik, R.L. (2020). Augmented Reality in Medical Education and Training: From Physicians to Patients. In: Geroimenko, V. (eds) Augmented Reality in Education. Springer Series on Cultural Computing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42156-4_7
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42156-4_7
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-42155-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-42156-4
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)