Virtual Medical Trainer: Supraclavicular Block of the Brachial Plexus

Virtual Medical Trainer (VMT) is a web-based, SCORM-conformant, medical simulation developed in Flash and XML. The simulation models a peripheral nerve block procedure, and is designed to teach the cognitive concepts underlying psychomotor tasks. VMT demonstrates how web-based technologies can be used as a supplement to traditional training methods to improve knowledge transfer.

Medical simulation over the Internet presents many challenges to developers. VMT incorporates innovative solutions to simulate tactile feedback, 3-dimentional spaces, and physiological processes without encumbering data transfer and processing. VMT demonstrates a level of interactive realism seldom seen or "felt" in on-line, web-based training.

Information: This research was sponsored by funding from the United States Air Force administered by the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Fort Detrick, Maryland, Award Number W81X2H-06-2-0010. Review of material does not imply Department of the Air Force endorsement of factual accuracy or opinion.