Healthcare IT News September 1, 2025
Adam Ang

Early pilots have shown potential to improve multidisciplinary collaboration and reduce critical errors.

Chulalongkorn University has introduced a virtual reality-based training program for enhanced emergency collaborations.

The medical education programme, called ER-VIPE (Emergency Room–Virtual Interprofessional Education), aims to improve emergency staff teamwork, communication, and patient safety while minimising human errors.

HOW IT WORKS

Developed by the Chulalongkorn University Design for Society Center (CUD4S) with the Faculty of Medicine and the Thai Red Cross Society’s King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, ER-VIPE prepares multidisciplinary healthcare teams for high-pressure emergency scenarios through immersive simulations. It is designed for doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and radiologic technologists, among others.

The programme features online medical coursework (MOOC) and interactive gameplay, which help build team-based non-technical skills, such as...

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