McKnight’s Senior Living October 23, 2023
Using digital technology to train healthcare professionals such as nurses goes beyond virtual reality, a new white paper explains.
The broader category of “extended reality,” or XR, includes not just new VR tools, but also augmented reality and “mixed” reality processes.
Current and future XR options open up new avenues for training providers at a time when senior living and care operators are facing an ongoing labor shortage.
More than 90% of healthcare professionals polled in a new study said they agreed that XR tools improved educational programs, and 75% said that using this tech allowed trainees to complete such programs in less time.
Even among healthcare organizations that have not adopted some component of XR, 86% say...