新冠疫情期间VR在医学教学中的应用

Application of VR in medical education amid COVID-19

突如其来的新型冠状肺炎疫情给医学教育带来了巨大考验,同时也为智能教学工具和人工智能教学平台的开发及全面应用的推进添加了催化剂。医学是通过科学或技术的手段处理人体各种疾病或病变的学科,当代最具前景的科技莫过于虚拟现实技术(virtual reality,VR)。VR是基于现实感而又高于现实的计算机感官交互体验技术,随着该技术的逐渐成熟,在远程教学、临床培训、心理治疗、术前模拟和手术导航等方面都显示了其独特的优势,为精准医疗和智能个性化教学的实现提供了捷径。文章分析了VR与医学教学的结合方式和应用效果,并探讨其亟待解决的问题、应用意义和前景。

The sudden outbreak of COVID-19 has brought great challenges to medical education, moreover added catalyst for the development and comprehensive application of intelligent teaching tools and artificial intelligence teaching platform.Medical science is a subject dealing with various diseases and lesions of human body by means of science or technology.The most promising science and technology nowadays is undoubtedly the virtual reality(VR) technology.VR is a computer sensory interactive technology based on reality but more than reality.With the gradual maturity of the technology, VR has shown some unique advantages in distance learning, medical skills training, psychological treatment, preoperative simulation and surgical navigation, etc.It provides a shortcut for the realization of precision medical treatment and intelligent personalized teaching.This paper expounded and analyzed the combination mode and application effect of VR and medical distance education, and discussed the problems to be solved, application significance and prospect.