Clinical Simulation
Spine and Neck Assessment
About This Course
What you'll experience
Meet Susan Smith, a 70-year-old woman visiting her healthcare provider for a comprehensive musculoskeletal assessment. Recently, Susan has noticed a decline in her mobility, feeling slower than usual in her daily movements. Concerned, her daughter encouraged her to seek professional evaluation. As part of the examination, Susan will undergo a thorough spine and neck assessment to assess her condition and determine any underlying issues. This VR simulation is designed to help practitioners practice spine and neck examination 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
- Observing and assessing the patient's posture and checking for any imbalances
- Measuring the patient's gait, ability to walk a set distance and noting any delays or abnormalities
- Performing a thorough spine examination to assess for abnormal curvatures
- Assessing range of motion in the spine and neck
- Testing the patient’s neck range of motion with and without resistance
References
- Cleveland Clinic. (2023). Neck and back pain: Symptoms and diagnosis.
What you'll practice
Core Skills Training
Core Skill
Performing Spine and Neck Assessment
As a part of the Spine and Neck Assessment, the learner will begin by confirming the patient’s identity, enquiring about any known allergies and learning about the reasons for the visit. Having collected some background information regarding past surgeries and ongoing medication the learner will proceed with the assessment. Observations will have to made about the patient’s gait, balance and posture. The spine will be visually assessed and palpated to check for any abnormality. A range of motion assessment of the neck will be followed by a strength test of the neck muscles.
All necessary affordances are provided to complete the procedure with efficiency.
Tailored to You
Customize Your Program
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
Additional customization options are available and can be developed to meet your specific training needs.
Multi-player Sessions
Physics-based InteractionsHow it works
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
Measure progress
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
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