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About The Course:

Fifty-six-year-old Marcus Walker is visiting his doctor for a routine health check-up. As part of this procedure, he will also undergo a hernia examination.

This VR simulation for Hernia Examination is designed to help practitioners practice the procedure in a virtual environment with a virtual patient. With both training and assessment modes, learners can perform the procedure and assess themselves on their performance.

Learning Objectives:
  • Locating anterior superior iliac spine and pubic tubercle using standard anatomical techniques
  • Applying clinically approved methodology to assess for the presence of an inguinal hernia
  • Evaluating test conditions to determine the presence or absence of inguinal hernia
Reference:
  • Cleveland Clinic. (2023). Hernia: Symptoms, types, and treatment.

Customize Your Program
Get rid of the editor. Adopt in-VR customization.

MedVR Education is bringing to you in-VR customization that will enable you to customize your procedural simulations by making selections from a range of feature choices. 

  • Select patient from a diverse background
  • Choose preferred virtual environment
  • Select equipment used in the procedure
  • Modify difficulty level of the assessment mode
  • …..many more to come
  • Multi-player
    Sessions
  • Physics-based Interactions

Core Skills Training

Performing Hernia Examination

As a part of this Hernia Examination procedure, the learner will begin by confirming the identity of the patient and enquiring about any known allergies. After performing hand sanitization, the learner will exam the patient for an inguinal hernia by locating the bony landmarks of anterior superior iliac spine and pubic tubercle. Examination will involve feeling for bulges to determine the presence of a hernia. A bulge at rest will indicate an indirect hernia, a bulge with cough will indicate direct hernia and the absence of a bulge will rule out the presence of hernia.
All necessary affordances are provided to complete the procedure with efficiency.

Training

With prompts, guidance and affordances learners are hand-held through the process to practice the procedure in a virtual environment with a virtual patient.  

  • Photorealistic virtual environment  
  • Physics-based interactions  
  • Detailed instructions  
  • Adequate affordances to assist in task completion 

Assessment

Test acquired skills to perform the procedures from start to finish without prompts. An incorrect step will take the learner back to the start to start afresh.  

  • Live scoring  
  • Instant feedback  
  • Adequate affordances for efficient performance  
  • Time tracking to monitor activity completion