BLISS can be used to demonstrate a medical procedure, recreate an emergency or incident, or display anatomical models in greater detail. Students can be transported virtually to any environment in the world, enabling them to respond to treatment scenarios or practice skills in a more realistic environment. Faculty can lecture, demonstrate techniques and then engage students in applying their knowledge through exercises and skills stations./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/n
For example, students studying to become speech language pathologists can examine anatomical models using touchscreen technology to rotate, zoom in and view inside the jaw, neck and throat. Skills stations for pre-med students in health sciences can take place in a mock hospital room where they can learn to navigate and gain information through patient charts and medical equipment. And students studying athletic training can practice first aid skills in a crowded football stadium with the roar of the crowd and the presence of anxious teammates, coaches and fans looking on./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/n
“We can give students access to locations and experiences that might not be possible in person due to cost or geography considerations./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u201d /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u2014 Bari Hoffman, associate dean of clinical affairs for the College of Health Professions and Sciences/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u201cWe can give students access to locations and experiences that might not be possible in person due to cost or geography considerations,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u201d says Hoffman. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u201cWe can provide the backdrop for any clinical or non-clinical setting. It can be a patient/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u2019s home, the inside of an ambulance or a medical clinic /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u2026 and it could also be a roadside traffic crash, a crowded airport terminal or an entertainment venue. The backdrop, combined with the use of our manikins and other high tech, hands-on equipment in the center, is what makes this truly unique./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/n
Faculty are developing new scenes and scenarios for students, as well as tailoring existing healthcare lessons developed by hospitals and universities in the United Kingdom who are using the same system there./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/n
Associate Professor Jennifer Tucker teaches a coursework on neurological physical therapy in which students study the evaluation and treatment of patients with movement problems due to disease or injury of the nervous system. This semester, her students will examine patient cases involving stroke, conduct a comprehensive assessment and develop short and long-term recovery treatment protocols. Their classroom will be in BLISS, giving them an up-close look at the course content./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u201cThe space just lends itself to a higher level of student engagement,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u201d says Tucker, who has already taken students in for any early look and a basic skills exercise. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u201cIt felt very real, very quickly for them and I could see how the environment required them to actively think on their feet and react and respond to what/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u2019s happening around them./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/nAthletic training students with Kristen Schellhase, director of the athletic training program and assistant director of the School of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/nResearch on the use of simulation in healthcare education supports that the more /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u201creal/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u201d the simulation, the more engaged students become, and the better learning outcomes they have. Having hands on and immersive experiences helps close the gap between the classroom and the real-world experience that students will encounter as health care practitioners./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/n
In addition to serving as a learning lab and classroom for students, BLISS will also be a therapy tool for patients served by the college/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u2019s community clinics, including the Communication Disorders Clinic. Clinicians there assist patients who have communication and hearing challenges and they/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u2019ll incorporate the tech in therapy sessions./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/n
For example, a patient struggling with stuttering could undergo therapy at a simulated movie theater ticket counter, or a patient being treated at the Aphasia House might practice interacting with the cashier immersed in a grocery store setting./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/n
The space can be transformed into a dentist/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u2019s office, barber/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u2019s shop or noisy shopping center to help children with autism adjust and manage heightened sensory reactions. Children with mobility impairments in the Go Baby Go! program can test drive their specially retrofitted cars against the backdrop of a simulated racetrack./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/n
The new space is also expected to be a site for the clinic/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u2019s summer programs for children with reading challenges. Youth in the camp will be able to see their storybooks come to life and interact with the words and the characters./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u201cThe possibilities are endless,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u201d says Hoffman who is working across UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u2019s Academic Health Sciences Center to help make the technology accessible for faculty and students across all health-related disciplines to practice team-based care. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u201cThe only limitation is your imagination./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133342/n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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